Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bitter' occurs 57 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bitter' in the standard works and contain 26.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 5:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 32 28 60
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 3 0 3
Num. 7 0 7
Deut. 2 0 2
Judg. 0 1 1
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 0 2 2
2 Sam. 0 1 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 3 4 7
Ps. 1 0 1
Prov. 2 2 4
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 3 6 9
Jer. 4 0 4
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 1 4 5
Hosea 0 1 1
Amos 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 0 2 2
Zech. 0 2 2
NT 6 6 12
BM 12 6 18
DC 3 0 3
PGP 4 2 6
TOTAL 57 42 99

Judg. 5:23
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.

Ruth 1:20
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

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

1 Sam. 15:32
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.

2 Sam. 2:26
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?

Job 7:11
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 9:18
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

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

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

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

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

Isa. 14:23
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.

Isa. 22:4
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.

Isa. 33:7
Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

Isa. 34:11
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.

Isa. 38:15
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.

Isa. 38:17
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.

Lam. 1:4
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.

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

Ezek. 3:14
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.

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

Ezek. 27:30
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:

Ezek. 27:31
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.

Hosea 12:14
Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.

Zeph. 1:14
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.

Zeph. 2:14
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.

Zech. 12:10
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.