12 occurrences

'Bitterness' in the Bible

Emaciated from famine, feverish from plague, and destroyed by bitterness, I'll send fanged beasts against them, along with poisonous snakes that glide through the dust.

Verse ConceptsDecayPoisonTeethWasteFamine ComingFamine Will Comehunger

Then Samuel said, "Bring Agag king of Amalek to me." Agag came to him in fetters, saying to himself, "Surely the bitterness of death is past."

Verse ConceptsOptimismNot DyingDeath AvertedBitterness

Then Abner called out to Joab, "Must the battle sword keep on devouring forever? Don't you realize that the end result is bitterness? How long will it take for you to order your army to stop pursuing their own relatives?"

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleEternal Judgement

He won't let me catch my breath; instead, he fills me with bitterness.

Verse ConceptsHaving No BreathBitternessCompetitionbreathingrelaxation

"I am disgusted with living, so I'm going to talk about my complaint freely. I'll speak out from the bitterness of my soul.

Verse ConceptsComplaintsHealthBeing BitterResentment, Against GodSelf PitySuicideWeariness Of LifeLife DespisedDeath DesiredComplainingBitternesstiredventing

I discovered for myself a bitterness that surpasses that of death: the woman whose heart is full of snares and nets, whose hands are chains of bondage. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the transgressor will be trapped by her.

Verse ConceptsSexual ChastityWomen Doing WrongMan TrappingGodly WomanBitternessBreaking Chainsnagging

He laid siege against me, surrounding me with bitterness and suffering.

Verse ConceptsHard TasksNations Attacking Israel

They'll shave their heads bald because of you. They'll dress themselves in sackcloth and weep for you with deep bitterness of heart, with the most pitiful of mourning.

Verse ConceptsBaldnessSackcloth And AshesBitternessgrievingbranding

"Horses don't run over bare rock, do they? One doesn't plow rock with oxen, does he? But you have turned justice to gall, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness.

Verse ConceptsPloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice

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