Bittern

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.   1 Samuel 1:10 

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.   1 Samuel 15:32 

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?
And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.   2 Samuel 2:26, 27 

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.   Job 7:11 

He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.   Job 9:18 

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.   Job 10:1 

And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.   Job 21:25 

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.   Proverbs 14:10 

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.   Proverbs 17:25 

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.   Isaiah 14:23 

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.   Isaiah 34:11 

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.
O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
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.   Isaiah 38:15-17 

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.   Lamentations 1:4 

He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.   Lamentations 3:15 

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.   Ezekiel 3:14 

Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.   Ezekiel 21:6 

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.   Ezekiel 27:31 

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.   Zephaniah 2:14 

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.   Zechariah 12:10 

For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.   Acts 8:23 

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
Destruction and misery are in their ways:
And the way of peace have they not known:
There is no fear of God before their eyes.   Romans 3:14-18 

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.   Ephesians 4:31, 32 

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;   Hebrews 12:15 

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