5 Bible Verses about Bitterness, Examples Of

The two of them traveled to Bethlehem. When they arrived at Bethlehem the whole town was excited because of them. The women said: Is this Naomi? She said: Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter. I went away full, and Jehovah sent me back empty. Why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that Jehovah has given witness against me, and the Almighty has brought sorrow to me?

Absalom hated Amnon so much because he raped his sister Tamar. He would not speak to him anymore.

This son of yours wasted all your property on prostitutes. When he comes home you kill the prize calf for him!

and said, You who would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of God come down from the stake. In like manner the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked him. They said: He saved others, but cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the stake and we will believe in him.read more.
He trusts in God. Let him save him now if he wants him. After all he said: I am the Son of God. The robbers that were impaled with him also insulted him.

Herod saw that the astrologers tricked him and he was furious. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys two years old and younger in or near Bethlehem. This matched the time he learned from the astrologers.