Rut 1:20, 2Sa 17:8, Job 7:11, 9:18, 10:1, Isa 38:15, 54:6, Lam 3:15 | ESV | STEP | She said to them, Do not call me Naomi ; call me Mara , for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

Ruth 1:20

20 She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; ^{▼▼ Naomi means pleasant} call me ^bMara, ^{▼▼ Mara means bitter} for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

2 Samuel 17:8

8 Hushai said, “You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged, ^{▼▼Hebrew bitter of soul} ^elike a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people.

Job 7:11

11 “Therefore I will not ^frestrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
I will ^gcomplain in ^hthe bitterness of my soul.

Job 9:18

18 he will not let me get my breath,
but fills me with bitterness.

Job 10:1

Job Continues: A Plea to God

1 “I ⁱloathe my life;
I will give free utterance to my ^jcomplaint;
I will speak in ^kthe bitterness of my soul.

Isaiah 38:15

15 What shall I say? For he has spoken to me,
and he himself has done it.
^lI walk slowly all my years
because of the bitterness of my soul.

Isaiah 54:6

6 ^mFor the Lord has called you
like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit,
like a wife of youth when she is cast off,
says your God.

Lamentations 3:15

15 ⁿHe has filled me with bitterness;
he has sated me with ^owormwood.