1 Samuel 1:10
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10 She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.
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Job 7:11
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11 “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.(A)
Luke 22:44
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44 In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.]][a](A)
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Job 10:1
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Job: I Loathe My Life
10 “I loathe my life;
I will give free utterance to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.(A)
Hebrews 5:7
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7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus[a] offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.(A)
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- 5.7 Gk he
Psalm 91:15
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15 When they call to me, I will answer them;
I will be with them in trouble;
I will rescue them and honor them.(A)
Isaiah 54:6
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6 For the Lord has called you
like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,
like the wife of a man’s youth when she is cast off,
says your God.(A)
Judges 21:2
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2 And the people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.(A)
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Lamentations 3:15
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15 He has filled me with bitterness;
he has sated me with wormwood.
Jeremiah 22:10
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10 Do not weep for him who is dead,
nor bemoan him;
weep rather for him who goes away,
for he shall return no more
to see his native land.(A)
Isaiah 38:15
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15 But what can I say? For he has spoken to me,
and he himself has done it.
All my sleep has fled[a]
because of the bitterness of my soul.(A)
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- 38.15 Cn Compare Syr: Heb I will walk slowly all my years
Psalm 50:15
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15 Call on me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”(A)
Job 9:18
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18 he will not let me get my breath
but fills me with bitterness.(A)
2 Kings 20:3
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3 “Remember now, O Lord, I implore you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness with a whole heart and have done what is good in your sight.” Hezekiah wept bitterly.(A)
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Ruth 1:20
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20 She said to them,
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Jeremiah 13:17
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17 But if you will not listen,
my soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears
because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.(A)
2 Samuel 13:36
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36 As soon as he had finished speaking, the king’s sons arrived and raised their voices and wept, and the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.
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Genesis 50:10
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10 When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they held there a very great and sorrowful lamentation, and he observed a time of mourning for his father seven days.(A)
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2 Samuel 17:8
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8 Hushai continued, “You know that your father and his men are warriors and that they are enraged, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the troops.(A)
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