14 Bible Verses about Being Bitter
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watching lest there be any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;
but if ye have bitter emulation and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice; and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.
Pursue peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord:
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him; for the soul of all the people was embittered, every man because of his sons and because of his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.
My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me me also, my father!
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