'Bitter' in the Bible
And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:
They gave him wine mixed with bitter drink: and after tasting it, he took no more.
And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,
And straight away one of them went quickly, and took a sponge, and made it full of bitter wine, and put it on a rod and gave him drink.
Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against him.
And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able;
And one of them went quickly and, getting a sponge full of bitter wine, put it on a rod, and gave it to him for drink, saying, Let be; let us see if Elijah will come to take him down.
And the men of the army made sport of him, coming to him and giving him bitter wine
And one of the evil-doers on the cross, with bitter feeling, said to him, Are you not the Christ? Get yourself and us out of this.
Now the Jews said bitter things about Jesus because of his words, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
Now there was a vessel ready, full of bitter wine, and they put a sponge full of it on a stick and put it to his mouth.
For I see that you are prisoned in bitter envy and the chains of sin.
But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers.
Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words:
For Christ did not give pleasure to himself, but, as it is said, The bitter words of those who were angry with you came on me.
Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;
In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.
Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, uplifted in pride, given to bitter words, going against the authority of their fathers, never giving praise, having no religion,
Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,
Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;
Does the fountain send from the same outlet sweet and bitter water?
But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.
Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.
Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;
And the name of the star is Wormwood: and a third part of the waters became bitter; and a number of men came to their end because of the waters, for they were made bitter.
And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me: Put it in your mouth; and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.
And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and did as he said; and it was sweet as honey in my mouth: and when I had taken it, my stomach was made bitter.
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