14 Bible Verses about Being Bitter

Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled,

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil.

For I perceive that thou are in the gall of bitterness and the bond of unrighteousness.

But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth.

whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and reviling be taken away from you, with all evil. And become good toward each other, compassionate, forgiving each other, even as also God in Christ forgave us.

Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

Behold, for peace I had great bitterness. But thou have by love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption. For thou have cast all my sins behind thy back.

And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters. But David strengthened himself in LORD his God.

My soul is weary of my life. I will give free reign to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.