Lest there be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart has turned aside from the Lord your God, having gone to serve the gods of these nations; lest there be in you a root springing up with gall and bitterness.

And she said to them, No, do not call me Naomi; call me 'Bitter,' for the Mighty One has dealt very bitterly with me.

but afterwards you will find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword.

Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them with trouble and will cause them to drink water of gall:

Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will feed them with pain, and give them bitter water to drink; for from the prophets of Jerusalem has defilement gone forth [into] all the land.

BETH. He has built against me, and compassed my head, and brought travail upon me.

ZAIN. I remembered by reason of my poverty, and because of persecution my bitterness and gall shall be remembered;

[It is He] that executes judgment in the heights [above], and He has established justice on the earth;

[ 6:13] Will horses run upon rocks? Will they refrain from neighing at mares? For you have turned judgment into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness.

looking diligently lest anyone fall from the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness growing up cause trouble, and through this many be defiled;

And they came to Marah, and they could not drink [the water] of Marah, for it was bitter; therefore he named the name of that place, Bitterness.