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

Jer. 2:19
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.

Jer. 4:18
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.

Jer. 6:26
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

Jer. 31:15
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.