11 occurrences

'Bitterly' in the Bible

May the Lord give you rest in the houses of your husbands. Then she gave them a kiss; and they were weeping bitterly.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingKissingMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningWeepingKissesgoodbyes

And all Israel had the news that Saul had made an attack on the Philistines, and that Israel was bitterly hated by the Philistines. And the people came together after Saul to Gilgal.

Verse ConceptsOffenceSmellsHating Peoples

And while he was talking, the king's sons came, with weeping and loud cries: and the king and all his servants were weeping bitterly.

Verse ConceptsMourning The Death Of Others

Now while Ezra was making his prayer and his statement of wrongdoing, weeping and falling down before the house of God, a very great number of men and women and children out of Israel came together round him: for the people were weeping bitterly.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsGesturesGuilt, Human Aspects OfHouse Of GodLargenessPrayer, As Asking GodRegretRepentance, Examples OfRevival, CorporateConviction Of SinReligious AwakeningsTearsNamed Individuals Who Prayedconfessing

When the news comes to Egypt they will be bitterly pained at the fate of Tyre.

See, the men of war are sorrowing outside the town: those who came looking for peace are weeping bitterly.

Verse ConceptsenvoyWeepingPeople Mourning Catastropheheroes

But if you do not give ear to it, my soul will be weeping in secret for your pride; my eye will be weeping bitterly, streaming with water, because the Lord's flock has been taken away as prisoners.

Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For IsraelFeelings Of Rejection By GodSecrecySorrowWeepingRefusing To HearActing In SecretThe Proud Will Be Abased

She is sorrowing bitterly in the night, and her face is wet with weeping; among all her lovers she has no comforter: all her friends have been false to her, they have become her haters.

Verse ConceptsCheeksBetrayalNightFeelings Of Rejection By GodWeepingAfflictions, Consolation DuringHanding Over PeopleFriends FailingNo ComfortPeople Mourning Catastrophe

And their voices will be sounding over you, and crying bitterly they will put dust on their heads, rolling themselves in the dust:

Verse ConceptsSorrowSprinklingVoicesDust On The HeadAshes Of Humiliation

I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfIrreverenceProvoking GodFruits Of SinGrieving GodGod Requite Them!

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