Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'bitter' occurs 57 times in the standard works.

15 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'bitter' in the standard works and contain 26.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Num. 5:23-24 (3 in 2 verses)

 5:23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

 5:24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.




Isa. 5:20 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Ne. 15:20 (2 in 1 verse)

Moro. 7:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 5:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Rev. 10:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

JS-H 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 32 28 60
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 3 0 3
Num. 7 0 7
Deut. 2 0 2
Judg. 0 1 1
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 0 2 2
2 Sam. 0 1 1
2 Kgs. 1 0 1
Esth. 1 0 1
Job 3 4 7
Ps. 1 0 1
Prov. 2 2 4
Eccl. 1 0 1
Isa. 3 6 9
Jer. 4 0 4
Lam. 0 2 2
Ezek. 1 4 5
Hosea 0 1 1
Amos 1 0 1
Hab. 1 0 1
Zeph. 0 2 2
Zech. 0 2 2
NT 6 6 12
BM 12 6 18
DC 3 0 3
PGP 4 2 6
TOTAL 57 42 99

Num. 5:18
And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

Num. 5:19
And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

Num. 5:23
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

Num. 5:24
And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.

Num. 5:27
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

Num. 9:11
The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.