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Alcohol is for the dying,
    and wine for those in bitter distress.

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23 Don’t drink only water. You ought to drink a little wine for the sake of your stomach because you are sick so often.

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15     wine to make them glad,
olive oil to soothe their skin,
    and bread to give them strength.

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10 Hannah was in deep anguish, crying bitterly as she prayed to the Lord.

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13 I helped those without hope, and they blessed me.
    And I caused the widows’ hearts to sing for joy.

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20 “Oh, why give light to those in misery,
    and life to those who are bitter?

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27 But when she came to the man of God at the mountain, she fell to the ground before him and caught hold of his feet. Gehazi began to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone. She is deeply troubled, but the Lord has not told me what it is.”

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David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David found strength in the Lord his God.

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