31 verses contain “BITTERN” (in the KJV: 29, in the BSB: 16) — showing 1–31
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The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
And she was in
bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and
wept sore.
In her bitter distress,
Hannah prayed to the LORD and
wept with many tears.
Then said Samuel, Bring ye
hither to me
Agag the king of the
Amalekites. And
Agag came unto him delicately. And
Agag said, Surely the
bitterness of death is past.
Then Samuel said, “Bring me
Agag king of the
Amalekites.”
Agag came to him
cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the
bitterness of death is past.”
Then
Abner called to
Joab, and said, Shall the sword
devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be
bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then,
ere thou
bid the people return from following their brethren?
Then
Abner called out to
Joab: “Must the sword
devour forever? Do you not
realize that this will only end in
bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
Therefore I will not
refrain my mouth; I will speak in the
anguish of my spirit; I will
complain in the
bitterness of my soul.
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the
anguish of my spirit; I will
complain in the
bitterness of my soul.
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
My soul is
weary of my life; I will leave my
complaint upon myself; I will speak in the
bitterness of my soul.
“I
loathe my own life; I will express my
complaint and speak in the
bitterness of my soul.
And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.
The heart knoweth his own
bitterness; and a stranger
doth not
intermeddle with his joy.
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.
A
foolish son is a grief to his father, and
bitterness to her that bare him.
A
foolish son brings grief to his father and
bitterness to her who bore him.
I will also make it a possession for the
bittern, and pools of water: and I will
sweep it with the
besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will
sweep her away with the
broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
But the
cormorant and the
bittern shall possess it; the
owl also and the
raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of
emptiness.
The desert
owl and
screech owl will possess it, and the great
owl and
raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over
Edom a measuring line of
chaos and a
plumb line of destruction.
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the
anguish of my soul.
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Surely for my own
welfare I had such great
anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of
oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
The ways of
Zion do
mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are
desolate: her priests
sigh, her virgins are
afflicted, and she is in
bitterness.
The roads to
Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests
groan, her maidens
grieve, and she herself is bitter with
anguish.
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and
travail.
He has besieged me and surrounded me with
bitterness and
hardship.
So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with
bitterness sigh before their eyes.
But you, son of man,
groan!
Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.
And they shall make themselves utterly
bald for thee, and
gird them with
sackcloth, and they shall
weep for thee with
bitterness of heart and bitter
wailing.
And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the
cormorant and the
bittern shall
lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows;
desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the
cedar work.
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall
mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in
bitterness for him, as one that is in
bitterness for his
firstborn.
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will
mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and
grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a
firstborn son.
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
For I see that you are poisoned by
bitterness and
captive to iniquity.”
Whose mouth is full of
cursing and
bitterness:
“Their mouths are full of
cursing and
bitterness.”
Let all
bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all
malice:
Get rid of all
bitterness,
rage and anger, outcry and
slander, along with every form of
malice.
Looking
diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of
bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be
defiled;
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of
bitterness springs up to cause trouble and
defile many.
After I am come into mine house, I will
repose myself with her: for her conversation hath no
bitterness; and to live with her hath no sorrow, but
mirth and joy.
For if he
curse thee in the
bitterness of his soul, his prayer shall be heard of him that made him.
Laugh no man to
scorn in the
bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.
He that is not wise will not be taught: but there is a wisdom which multiplieth bitterness.
