104 verses contain “bitt” (in the KJV: 84, in the BSB: 81) — showing 1–100
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And when
Esau heard the words of his father, he
cried with a great and exceeding
bitter cry, and said unto his father,
Bless me, even me also, O my father.
When
Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and
bitter cry and said to his father, “
Bless me too, O my father!”
The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
And they made their lives
bitter with hard
bondage, in
morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
And they shall eat the flesh in that night,
roast with fire, and
unleavened bread; and with
bitter herbs they shall eat it.
They are to eat the meat that night,
roasted over the fire, along with
unleavened bread and
bitter herbs.
And when they came to
Marah, they could not drink of the waters of
Marah, for they were
bitter: therefore the name of it was called
Marah.
And when they came to
Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was
bitter. (That is why it was named
Marah.)
And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of
memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the
bitter water that causeth the
curse:
After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of
memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the
bitter water that brings a
curse.
And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have
lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this
bitter water that causeth the
curse:
And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has
slept with you and you have not gone
astray and become
defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be
immune to this
bitter water that brings a
curse.
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall
blot them out with the
bitter water:
And the priest shall write these curses on a
scroll and wash them off into the
bitter water.
And he shall cause the woman to drink the
bitter water that causeth the
curse: and the water that causeth the
curse shall enter into her, and become
bitter.
He is to have the woman drink the
bitter water that brings a
curse, and it will enter her and cause her
bitter suffering.
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be
defiled, and have done
trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the
curse shall enter into her, and become
bitter, and her
belly shall swell, and her
thigh shall
rot: and the woman shall be a
curse among her people.
When he has made her drink the water, if she has
defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a
curse will enter her and cause
bitter suffering; her
belly will swell, her
thigh will
shrivel, and she will become
accursed among her people.
The
fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with
unleavened bread and
bitter herbs.
Such people are to observe it at
twilight on the
fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with
unleavened bread and
bitter herbs;
And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people
mourned greatly.
And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people
mourned bitterly.
And the LORD sent
fiery serpents among the people, and they
bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
So the LORD sent
venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were
bitten and died.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a
fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is
bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a
fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When
anyone who is
bitten looks at it, he will live.”
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had
bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
So Moses made a bronze
snake and mounted it on a pole. If
anyone who was
bitten looked at the bronze
snake, he would live.
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and
wormwood;
Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you
today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and
bitter fruit,
They shall be burnt with hunger, and
devoured with burning heat, and with
bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
They will be wasted from hunger and
ravaged by
pestilence and
bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the
venom of vipers that
slither in the dust.
For their vine is of the vine of
Sodom, and of the fields of
Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are
bitter:
But their vine is from the vine of
Sodom and from the fields of
Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are
bitter.
Curse ye
Meroz, said the angel of the LORD,
curse ye
bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
‘
Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘
Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and
wept sore;
So the people came to
Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and
weeping bitterly.
And she said unto them, Call me not
Naomi, call me
Mara: for the
Almighty hath dealt very
bitterly with me.
“Do not call me
Naomi,” she replied. “Call me
Mara, because the
Almighty has dealt quite
bitterly with me.
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?”
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of
divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
And Tamar put ashes on her head and
tore her
robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying
bitterly.
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and
wept: and the king also and all his servants
wept very
sore.
And as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in,
wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also
wept very
bitterly.
And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of
Gera, a
Benjamite of Bahurim, which
cursed me with a
grievous curse in the day when I went to
Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I
sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
Keep an eye on Shimei the son of
Gera, the
Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down
bitter curses against me on the day I went to
Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I
swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
For the LORD saw the
affliction of Israel, that it was very
bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
For the LORD saw that the
affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very
bitter. There was no one to help Israel,
I
beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And
Hezekiah wept sore.
“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And
Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Now when
Ezra had prayed, and when he had
confessed,
weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people
wept very
sore.
While
Ezra prayed and made this confession,
weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people
wept bitterly as well.
When
Mordecai perceived all that was done,
Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on
sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and
cried with a loud and a
bitter cry;
When
Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he
tore his clothes, put on
sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city,
wailing loudly and
bitterly.
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Why is light given to the
miserable, and life to the
bitter of soul,
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.
For thou writest
bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the
iniquities of my youth.
For You record
bitter accusations against me and
bequeath to me the
iniquities of my youth.
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.
Who
whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even
bitter words:
who
sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their
bitter words like arrows,
in the end she is
bitter as
wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
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.
The full soul loatheth an
honeycomb; but to the
hungry soul every
bitter thing is sweet.
The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a
hungry soul, any
bitter thing is sweet.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.
And I find more
bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands:
whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the
sinner shall be taken by her.
And I find more
bitter than death the woman who is a
snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the
sinner is ensnared.
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and
whoso breaketh an
hedge, a serpent shall
bite him.
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be
bitten by a
snake.
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put
bitter for sweet, and sweet for
bitter!
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace
bitter with sweet and sweet with
bitter.
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.
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will
weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the
spoiling of the daughter of my people.
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me
weep bitterly! Do not try to
console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is
bitter to those who
consume it.
Behold, their
valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall
weep bitterly.
Behold, their
valiant ones cry
aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace
weep bitterly.
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.
And said, Remember now, O LORD, I
beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And
Hezekiah wept sore.
saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And
Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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.
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and
bitter, that thou hast
forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Your own evil will discipline you; your own
apostasies will
reprimand you. Consider and
realize how evil and
bitter it is for you to
forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
“Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”
O daughter of my people, dress
yourselves in
sackcloth and roll in ashes.
Mourn with
bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
Weep ye not for the dead, neither
bemoan him: but
weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Do not
weep for the dead king; do not
mourn his loss.
Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.
Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in
Ramah,
lamentation, and
bitter weeping;
Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in
Ramah,
mourning and great
weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
For in the going up of Luhith continual
weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
For on the
ascent to Luhith they
weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim
cries of distress resound over the destruction:
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 shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry
bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall
wallow themselves in the ashes:
They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
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.
Ephraim
provoked him to anger most
bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
Ephraim has
provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
As if a man did
flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and
leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent
bit him.
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to
encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be
bitten by a
snake.
And I will turn your feasts into
mourning, and all your songs into
lamentation; and I will bring up
sackcloth upon all loins, and
baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the
mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a
bitter day.
In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and
lament with a
doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly
spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
In that day they will take up a
proverb against you and
taunt you with this
bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has
allotted our fields to traitors.’”
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that
bitter and
hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans— that
ruthless and
impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
The great Day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly.
Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be
bitter.
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.
And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the
cock crow, thou shalt deny me
thrice. And he went out, and
wept bitterly.
Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the
rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and
wept bitterly.
As Jesus went on from there, the
scribes and
Pharisees began to
oppose Him
bitterly and to
ply Him with questions about many things,
And Peter went out, and
wept bitterly.
And he went outside and
wept bitterly.
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.
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
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.
Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and
bitter?
Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
But if ye have
bitter envying and
strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
But if you
harbor bitter jealousy and
selfish ambition in your hearts, do not
boast in it or deny the truth.
And I
wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look
thereon.
And I began to
weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the
scroll or look inside it.
And the name of the star is called
Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became
wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made
bitter.
The name of the star is
Wormwood. A third of the waters turned
bitter like
wormwood oil, and many people died from the
bitter waters.
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy
belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small
scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach
bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and
ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my
belly was
bitter.
So I took the small
scroll from the angel’s hand and
ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned
bitter.
For what is man, that thou shouldest take displeasure at him? or what is a corruptible generation, that thou shouldest be so bitter toward it?
Nevertheless it satisfieth them not, that we are in
bitter captivity: but they have
stricken hands with their idols,
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.
Who will
pity a charmer that is
bitten with a serpent, or any such as come
nigh wild beasts?
He that is not wise will not be taught: but there is a wisdom which multiplieth bitterness.
Her husband shall sit among his neighbours; and when he heareth it shall
sigh bitterly.
Thou shalt
entertain, and feast, and have no
thanks: moreover thou shalt hear
bitter words:
Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness.
