'Bitter' in the Bible
making their lives bitter through hard labor with mortar, bricks, and all kinds of outdoor labor. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.
That very night they're to eat the meat, roasted over the fire, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water at Marah because it was bitter. (That is why it's called Marah.)
The woman is to drink the bitter water that brings a curse and the water that brings a curse is to be considered contaminated.
On the fourteenth day of the second month at twilight, they are to eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Be alert so there is no man, woman, family, or a tribe whose heart is turning away from the LORD your God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Be alert so there will be no root among you that produces poisonous and bitter fruit,
Instead, their vine is from the vines of Sodom and the vineyards of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous, their clusters bitter.
David was in great danger because all the people were bitter because of their sons and daughters, and they were talking about stoning him. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
For the LORD observed Israel's bitter misery, and there was no one left, neither slave nor free, and there was no deliverer for Israel.
When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his garments and clothed himself in sackcloth and ashes. He went into the middle of the city and cried out with a loud and bitter cry.
"Why does God give light to the sufferer or life to the bitter person:
"In addition, I won't keep my opinion to myself; I'll speak from my distressed spirit; I'll complain with my bitter soul.
You've accused me of bitter things; you've caused me to reap the sins of my youth.
Others die with a bitter soul, never having tasted the good life.
"The living God has withheld justice from me; the Almighty has made my life bitter.
who sharpen their tongues like swords, and aim their bitter words like arrows,
But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a double-edged sword.
The person who is full spurns honey, but to a hungry person even the bitter seems sweet.
"How terrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute what is bitter for what is sweet and what is sweet for what is bitter!"
Therefore I said: "Look away from me; and let me weep bitter tears; don't try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people."
No longer do they drink wine accompanied by singing; even beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.
I said, "Must I leave in the prime of my life? Must I be consigned to the control of Sheol? Bitter are my years!"
Your wickedness will be punished, and you will be corrected due to your acts of apostasy. Know and see that it's evil and bitter for you to forsake the LORD your God, but the fear of me is not in you," declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies.
"Your lifestyles and your actions have brought these things on you. This is your calamity it is indeed bitter, for it has reached your heart!"
Daughter of my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as one mourns at the death of an only son. For the destroyer will come on us suddenly.
This is what the LORD says: "A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter crying. Rachel is crying, and she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no longer alive."
Indeed, at the ascent of Luhith people will go up with bitter weeping. At the descent of Horonaim the anguished cries over the destruction will be heard.
The roads that lead to Zion are in mourning, because no one travels to the festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests are moaning. Her young women are grieving, and she is bitter.
Those of you who are making justice taste bitter, and who have thrown righteousness to the ground:
I will turn your festivals into mourning, and all of your songs to dirges. I will cause all of you to put on sackcloth and to shave all of your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son, and its conclusion will be like the end of a bitter day."
"The great Day of the LORD approaches How it comes, hurrying faster and faster! The sound of the Day of the LORD there includes the bitter cry of the mighty soldier.