5 Bible Verses about Gall

Most Relevant Verses

Proverbs 5:3-4

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey
and her words are smoother than oil,
in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood
and as sharp as a double-edged sword.

Psalm 69:19-21

You know the insults I endure—
my shame and disgrace.
You are aware of all my adversaries.
Insults have broken my heart,
and I am in despair.
I waited for sympathy,
but there was none;
for comforters, but found no one.
Instead, they gave me gall for my food,
and for my thirst
they gave me vinegar to drink.

Lamentations 3:13-15

ה HeHe pierced my kidneys
with His arrows.
I am a laughingstock to all my people,
mocked by their songs all day long.
He filled me with bitterness,
satiated me with wormwood.

Matthew 27:33-34

When they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Skull Place), they gave Him wine mixed with gall to drink. But when He tasted it, He would not drink it.

Job 16:12-13

I was at ease, but He shattered me;
He seized me by the scruff of the neck
and smashed me to pieces.
He set me up as His target;
His archers surround me.
He pierces my kidneys without mercy
and pours my bile on the ground.

From Thematic Bible


Gall » Given to jesus

Psalm 69:21

Instead, they gave me gall for my food,
and for my thirst
they gave me vinegar to drink.

Gall » Any bitter or poisonous substance, like bile

Job 16:13

His archers surround me.
He pierces my kidneys without mercy
and pours my bile on the ground.

Gall » Venom of serpents

Job 20:14

yet the food in his stomach turns
into cobras’ venom inside him.

Gall » Bitter » Herb

Deuteronomy 29:18

Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.

Gall » Figurative » Gall of bitterness

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