14 Bible Verses about Being Bitter
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Looking diligently, lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up, trouble you, and by it many be defiled;
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not 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 wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast 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 encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceedingly bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
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- Bitter (218 instances)