14 Bible Verses about Being Bitter

Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

For I see that you are prisoned in bitter envy and the chains of sin.

But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.

Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words:

So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.

Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts; And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.

Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;

Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory.

And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.

My soul is tired of life; I will let my sad thoughts go free in words; my soul will make a bitter outcry.

And hearing the words of his father, Esau gave a great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Give a blessing to me, even to me, O my father!