But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

Then said the servants of the kings of Syria to him, "The gods of the hills are their gods, and therefore they had the better of us. But let us fight with them in the plain, and for what ye will, we shall have the better of them.

And do thou number thee a host, like the host that thou hast lost, and horse for horse and chariot for chariot, and let us fight with them in the plain; and for a wager, we get the better of them." And the king hearkened unto their voice and did even so.

Then the king of Israel went back to his house, bitter and angry, and came to Samaria.

And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

So Ahab came into his house bitter and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, I will not give you the heritage of my fathers. And stretching himself on the bed with his face turned away, he would take no food.

But Jezebel, his wife, came to him and said, Why is your spirit so bitter that you have no desire for food?

"I asked Naboth the Jezreelite, "Sell me your vineyard for cash, or if you want, I'll give you a better one in its place.' But he refused. He told me, "I won't give you my vineyard!'"

And she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, 'Let her alone, for her soul is bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden it from me, and hath not declared it to me.'

Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

Then the king said to Hazael, Take an offering with you, and go to see the man of God and get directions from the Lord by him, saying, Am I going to get better from my disease?

So Hazael went to see him, taking with him forty camels with offerings on their backs of every sort of good thing from Damascus; and when he came before him, he said, Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, Will I get better from this disease?

And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You will certainly get better; but the Lord has made it clear to me that only death is before him.

So he left Elisha and returned to his master, who asked him, "What did Elisha tell you?" He replied, "He told me that you would certainly get better."

Amaziah killed 10,000 [men] of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela (rock) by war, and renamed it Joktheel, to this day.

For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

He had the high places taken away, and the stone pillars broken to bits, and the Asherah cut down; and the brass snake which Moses had made was crushed to powder at his order, because in those days the children of Israel had offerings burned before it, and he gave it the name Nehushtan.

Against whom have you said evil and bitter things? against whom has your voice been loud and your eyes lifted up? even against the Holy One of Israel.

O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.

Then Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. So they took it and put it on his wound, and he got better.

And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

And the king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, and he shattered them, removing them from thence, and cast the powder of them into the torrent of Kidron.

Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.

He spoke {kindly} to him, and he gave him a better seat than the seat of the kings who [were] with him in Babylon.

They found rich, good pasture, and the [cleared] land was wide, quiet, and peaceful; for those who had lived there previously came from Ham [and had left it a better place for those who came after them].

And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.

And he said, If the Aramaeans are stronger and get the better of me, then come to my help; and if the children of Ammon get the better of you, I will come to your help.

"but I didn't believe it at first! But then I came here and I've seen it for myself! It's amazing! I wasn't told half of what's really great about your wisdom. You're far better in person than what the reports have said about you!

So at that time the children of Israel were overcome, and the children of Judah got the better of them, because they put their faith in the Lord, the God of their fathers.

But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:

Then Uzziah was angry; and he had in his hand a vessel for burning perfume; and while his wrath was bitter against the priests, the mark of the leper's disease came out on his brow, before the eyes of the priests in the house of the Lord by the altar of perfumes.

And he destroyed before him the altars for the Baals, and he cut down the incense stands above them. And the Asherahs, the idols, and the images he smashed. And he ground [them] to powder and sprinkled [the dust] over the burial sites of those who sacrificed to them.

And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

Now, when Ezra had prayed and when he had made confession, weeping and casting himself down, before the house of God, there gathered unto him out of Israel, an exceeding large convocation - men and women and children, for the people wept with a very bitter weeping.

If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

And Haman gave his wife Zeresh and all his friends an account of what had taken place. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, If Mordecai, who is starting to get the better of you, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not be able to do anything against him, but you will certainly go down before him.

And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.

Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.

He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.

My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.

Why then did you make me come out of my mother's body? It would have been better for me to have taken my last breath, and for no eye to have seen me,

For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.

Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.

How long will you make my life bitter, crushing me with words?

His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him.

He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

And this one dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty -- He made my soul bitter.

When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

And I shall break the biter's teeth of the evil one, and I shall cast the prey from his teeth.

But Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became indignant. His indignation was kindled and burned and he became upset with Job because he justified himself rather than God [and even expressed doubts about God’s character].

What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?

Darest thou lay hand upon him? It is better for thee to consider what harm might happen thee therethrough, and not to touch him.

Who ever went against me, and got the better of me? There is no one under heaven!

A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.)

Many are asking, "Who will help us to see better days?" LORD, may the light of your favor shine upon us.

O Lord, do not be bitter with me in your wrath; do not send punishment on me in the heat of your passion.

My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?

For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

Indeed, none who wait for you should be put to shame. Those who betray without cause should be put to shame.

See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.

Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

Who will bring me into the besieged city [of Petra]?
Who will lead me to Edom?

Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

My bitter weeping, and my going without food, were turned to my shame.

My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.

They (self-righteous hypocrites) also gave me gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food,
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.

This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

If I say, "I will talk like this," I would betray a generation of your children.

My heart was made bitter, and I was pained by the bite of grief:

But, now, the doors thereof all together, with axes and hammers, they batter down.

Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.

And they shall not be as their fathers, a generation turning away and bitter, a generation it prepared not its heart, and its spirit was not firm with God.

They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?

He sent ice for the destruction of their vines; their trees were damaged by the bitter cold.

He sent on them the heat of his wrath, his bitter disgust, letting loose evil angels among them.

But they were bitter against the Most High God, testing him, and not keeping his laws;

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

But I will not withdraw
My faithful love from him
or betray My faithfulness.

Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;

The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.

His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever.

For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.

Who will bring me into the fortified city [of Petra]?
Who will lead me to Edom?

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.