Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Bitter’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Bitter’ occurs 45 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 15:23 And they arrived at Marah. They were unable to drink the waters of Marah because they were bitter. Therefore, he also established a name befitting the place, calling it ‘Marah,’ that is, bitterness.Exodus 15:23
Number of the word / term Bitter in Exodus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 5:18 And while the woman stands before the Lord, he shall uncover her head, and he shall place over her hands the sacrifice of recollection and oblation of jealousy. But he shall take hold of the most bitter waters, in which he has gathered curses with loathing.Numbers 5:18
Numbers 5:19 And he shall bind her by an oath, and he shall say: ‘If another man has not slept with you, and if you have not been polluted by forsaking the bed of your husband, these most bitter waters, into which I have gathered curses, shall not harm you.Numbers 5:19
Numbers 5:23 And the priest shall write these curses in a little book, and then he shall erase them with the very bitter waters, into which he had gathered the curses,Numbers 5:23
Numbers 5:26 takes a handful of the sacrifice from that which is offered, and burns it upon the altar, and then he may give the most bitter waters to the woman as a drink.Numbers 5:26
Number of the word / term Bitter in Numbers: 4
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 32:24 They will be consumed by famine, and birds with a very bitter bite will devour them. I will send forth the teeth of wild beasts among them, along with the fury of creatures that scurry across the ground, and of serpents.Deuteronomy 32:24
Deuteronomy 32:32 Their vines are of the vines of Sodom, but from the suburbs of Gomorrah. Their grapes are the grapes of gall, and their grape clusters are most bitter.Deuteronomy 32:32
Number of the word / term Bitter in Deuteronomy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 1:10 And since Hannah was bitter in soul, she prayed to the Lord, weeping greatly.1 Samuel 1:10
1 Samuel 15:32 And Samuel said, “Bring near to me Agag, the king of Amalek.” And Agag, very fat and trembling, was presented to him. And Agag said, “Does bitter death separate in this manner?”1 Samuel 15:32
1 Samuel 22:2 And all those left in distress, or oppressed by debt to strangers, or bitter in soul, gathered themselves to him. And he became their leader, and about four hundred men were with him.1 Samuel 22:2
1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly saddened. And the people were willing to stone him, because the soul of every man was bitter over his sons and daughters. But David was strengthened by the Lord his God.1 Samuel 30:6
Number of the word / term Bitter in 1 Samuel: 4
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 17:8 And again Hushai declared, “You know your father, and the men who are with him, to be very strong and bitter in soul, comparable to a bear raging in the forest when her young have been taken away. Moreover, your father is a man of war, and so he will not live among the people.2 Samuel 17:8
Number of the word / term Bitter in 2 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 4:39 And one went out into the field, so that he might collect wild herbs. And he found something like a wild vine, and he gathered from it bitter fruits of the field, and he filled his cloak. And returning, he cut these up for the pot of soup. But he did not know what it was.2 Kings 4:39
2 Kings 14:26 For the Lord saw the exceedingly bitter affliction of Israel, and that they were being consumed, even to those who were enclosed in prison, and even to the least ones, and that there was no one who would help Israel.2 Kings 14:26
Number of the word / term Bitter in 2 Kings: 2
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Job
Job 13:26 For you write bitter things against me, and you want to consume me for the sins of my youth.Job 13:26
Number of the word / term Bitter in Job: 1
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 64:3 For they have sharpened their tongues like a sword; they have formed their bow into a bitter thing,Psalm 64:3
Number of the word / term Bitter in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 5:4 But in the end, she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.Proverbs 5:4
Proverbs 27:7 A sated soul will trample the honeycomb. And a hungry soul will accept even bitter in place of sweet.Proverbs 27:7
Proverbs 31:6 Give strong drink to the grieving, and wine to those who are bitter in soul.Proverbs 31:6
Number of the word / term Bitter in Proverbs: 3
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I have discovered a woman more bitter than death: she who is like the snare of a hunter, and whose heart is like a net, and whose hands are like chains. Whoever pleases God shall flee from her. But whoever is a sinner shall be seized by her.Ecclesiastes 7:26
Number of the word / term Bitter in Ecclesiastes: 1
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to you who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!Isaiah 5:20
Isaiah 22:4 For this reason, I said: “Depart from me. I will weep bitterly. Make no attempt to console me, over the devastation of the daughter of my people.”Isaiah 22:4
Isaiah 24:9 They will not drink wine with a song. The drink will be bitter to those who drink it.Isaiah 24:9
Isaiah 30:19 For the people of Zion will live in Jerusalem. Bitterly, you will not weep. Mercifully, he will take pity on you. At the voice of your outcry, as soon as he hears, he will respond to you.Isaiah 30:19
Isaiah 33:7 Behold, outside, those who see will cry out. The Angels of peace will weep bitterly.Isaiah 33:7
Isaiah 38:17 Behold, in peace my bitterness is most bitter. But you have rescued my soul, so that it would not perish. You have cast all my sins behind your back.Isaiah 38:17
Number of the word / term Bitter in Isaiah: 6
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 2:19 Your own malice will reprove you, and your own apostasy will rebuke you! But know and perceive this: it is an evil and bitter thing for you to forsake the Lord your God, and to be without my fear within you, says the Lord, the God of hosts.Jeremiah 2:19
Jeremiah 4:18 Your ways and your thoughts have brought these things upon you. This is your own wickedness. And it is bitter, because it has touched your heart.Jeremiah 4:18
Jeremiah 6:26 Wrap yourself in haircloth, O daughter of my people. And sprinkle yourself with ashes. Make a mourning for yourself, as for an only son, a bitter lamentation: ‘for the destroyer will overwhelm us suddenly.’Jeremiah 6:26
Jeremiah 13:17 But if you will not listen to this, then my soul will weep in secret before the face of your pride. It will weep bitterly, and my eyes will flow with tears, because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.Jeremiah 13:17
Jeremiah 31:29 In those days, they will no longer say: ‘The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.’Jeremiah 31:29
Jeremiah 31:30 Instead, each one will die for his own iniquity. Each man who will have eaten a bitter grape, his own teeth will be affected.Jeremiah 31:30
Number of the word / term Bitter in Jeremiah: 6
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 1:1 Prologue And it happened that, after Israel was driven into captivity, and Jerusalem was deserted, the prophet Jeremiah sat weeping, and he wailed this lamentation in Jerusalem. And sighing with a bitter soul, and mourning, he said: ALEPH. O how a city once filled with people now sits alone! The Governess of the Gentiles has become like a widow. The Prince of the provinces has been placed under tribute.Lamentations 1:1
Number of the word / term Bitter in Lamentations: 1
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 18:2 “Why is it that you circulate among yourselves this parable, as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: ‘The fathers ate a bitter grape, and the teeth of the sons have been affected.’Ezekiel 18:2
Ezekiel 27:31 And they will shave their heads because of you, and they will be wrapped in haircloth. And they will weep for you with bitterness of soul, with a very bitter weeping.Ezekiel 27:31
Number of the word / term Bitter in Ezekiel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Amos
Amos 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your hymns into lamentation. And I will put sackcloth over every one of your backs, and baldness on every head. And I will begin it like the mourning for an only-begotten son, and complete it like a bitter day.Amos 8:10
Number of the word / term Bitter in Amos: 1
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Habakkuk
Habakkuk 1:6 For behold, I will raise up the Chaldeans, a bitter and swift people, marching across the width of the earth, to possess tabernacles not their own.Habakkuk 1:6
Number of the word / term Bitter in Habakkuk: 1
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Zephaniah
Zephaniah 1:14 The great day of the Lord is near; it is near and exceedingly swift. The voice of the day of the Lord is bitter; the strong will be tested there.Zephaniah 1:14
Number of the word / term Bitter in Zephaniah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 26:75 And Peter remembered the words of Jesus, which he had said: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And going outside, he wept bitterly.Matthew 26:75
Number of the word / term Bitter in Matthew: 1
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Luke
Number of the word / term Bitter in Luke: 1
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Colossians
Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter toward them.Colossians 3:19
Number of the word / term Bitter in Colossians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book James
James 3:11 Does a fountain emit, out of the same opening, both sweet and bitter water?James 3:11
James 3:14 But if you hold a bitter zeal, and if there is contention in your hearts, then do not boast and do not be liars against the truth.James 3:14
Number of the word / term Bitter in James: 2
Bible passages with ‘Bitter’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood. And a third part of the waters were turned into wormwood. And many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.Revelation 8:11
Revelation 10:10 And I received the book from the hand of the Angel, and I consumed it. And it was sweet like honey in my mouth. And when I had consumed it, my stomach was made bitter.Revelation 10:10
Number of the word / term ‘Bitter’ in Revelation: 2
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 45
