8 Bible Verses about Disappointments, Examples Of

She said: Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter.

Hannah was filled with grief and wept bitterly. She prayed and pledged an oath to Jehovah:

I am sorry that I made Saul king. He has turned away from me and disobeyed my commands. Samuel was angry. All night long he pleaded with Jehovah.

When David and his men came to Zikleg they found it completely destroyed by fire. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive. David and his men cried loudly until they did not have the strength to cry anymore. The Amalekites also captured David's two wives, Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal's widow, from Carmel.read more.
The people in their bitterness said David should be stoned. This caused him great distress. They were thinking of their sons and daughters. But David found strength in Jehovah his God.

Elijah walked a whole day into the wilderness. He stopped and sat down under a broom plant and wished he would die. It is just too much, Jehovah, he prayed. Take away my life. I could just as well be dead.

But hearing these words, the young man went away grieving, for he was very wealthy.

I am afraid that the next time I come my God will humiliate me in your presence, and I shall weep over many who sinned in the past and have not repented of the uncleanness, fornication and loose conduct that they have practiced.

I am amazed that you so quickly turned away from the One who called you by the grace of Christ. You turned to different good news.