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)

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)

 10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

 10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.




JS-H 1:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 32 28 60
NT 6 6 12
Matt. 0 1 1
Luke 0 1 1
Acts 0 1 1
Rom. 0 1 1
Eph. 0 1 1
Col. 1 0 1
Heb. 0 1 1
James 2 0 2
Rev. 3 0 3
BM 12 6 18
DC 3 0 3
PGP 4 2 6
TOTAL 57 42 99

Rev. 8:11
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

Rev. 10:9
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

Rev. 10:10
And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.