Bible Verses about “bitterness”
The Bible contains 18 verses about bitterness across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
“¶ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”
“‹For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:›”
“‹But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.›”
“For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.”
“¶ A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:”
“¶ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”
“‹And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.›”
“Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:”
“¶ Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.”
“Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;”
“Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness:”
“¶ A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.”
“¶ The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.”
“For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and [in] the bond of iniquity.”
“¶ My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.”