14 Bible Verses about Being Bitter

Take care [that] no one falls short of the grace of God; [that] no one growing up [like] a root of bitterness causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.

For I see you are in {a state of bitter envy} and {bound by unrighteousness}."

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.

whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

"Even I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in my spirit's anguish; I will complain in my inner self's bitterness.

All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness. Become kind toward one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ has forgiven you.

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger,

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

A grief to his father [is] the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.

Look! Bitterness was bitter to me for peace. And you were the one who loved my life from [the] pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.

And {David was in a very precarious situation}, for the people spoke of stoning him, for the souls of all the people were bitter, each [one] over his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

"My inner self loathes my life; {I want to give vent to my complaint}; I want to speak out of [the] bitterness of my inner self.

When Esau heard the words of his father he cried out [with] a great and exceedingly bitter cry of distress. And he said to his father, "Bless me as well, my father!"