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Douglas Geivett said that people sometimes respond to suffering by becoming bitter against God or by rejecting Him. Can you identify some Bible characters who displayed those responses?
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Cain was bitter and killed his brother. Joseph’s brothers were bitter because they were jealous of his favor with their father. Naomi was bitter against God because of the loss of her husband and sons.
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The Israelites during the Exodus and the time of the Judges often let their crises lead them to complain against God and become bitter about what they perceived as His neglect of their needs.
