14 Bible Verses about Being Bitter
Most Relevant Verses
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no "root of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity."
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to 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 wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.
"I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, O my father!"
