Then the priest will put the woman under oath and say to the her, “If no other ¹  man has had sexual relations with you, and if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be free from this bitter water that brings a curse. ² 

When he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce bitterness – her abdomen will swell, her thigh will fall away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.

Now the famine was severe in the land. ¹ 

“Their mouths are ¹  full of cursing and bitterness.” ² 

The king of Israel went home to Samaria ¹  bitter and angry.

Look, ambassadors ¹  cry out in the streets; messengers sent to make peace ²  weep bitterly.

and offered Jesus ¹  wine mixed with gall to drink. ²  But after tasting it, he would not drink it.

Beware that the heart of no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you turns away from the Lord our God today to pursue and serve the gods of those nations; beware that there is among you no root producing poisonous and bitter fruit. ¹ 

But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said, “Leave her alone, for she is very upset. ¹  The Lord has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn’t tell me about it.”

There was fierce war with the Philistines all the days of Saul. So whenever Saul saw anyone who was a warrior or a brave individual, he would conscript him.

All those who were in trouble or owed someone money or were discontented ¹  gathered around ²  him, and he became their leader. He had about four hundred men with him.

Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? ¹  Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant. ² 

Then his wife Jezebel came in and said to him, “Why do you have a bitter attitude and refuse to eat?”

“Therefore, ¹  I will not refrain my mouth; ²  I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain ³  in the bitterness of my soul.

Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, ¹  revive me once again! ²  Bring me up once again ³  from the depths of the earth!

and they ¹  made the Israelites serve rigorously. ² 

She was very upset ¹  as she prayed to the Lord, and she was weeping uncontrollably. ² 

Surely mockery ¹  is with me; ²  my eyes must dwell on their hostility. ³ 

“How long will you torment me ¹  and crush ²  me with your words? ³ 

his food is turned sour ¹  in his stomach; ²  it becomes the venom of serpents ³  within him.