Bible verses about Bitterness
Verses about the damage of bitterness and the release found in forgiveness.
Make sure there is no man or 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. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
Deuteronomy 29:18The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.
Proverbs 14:10For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”
Acts 8:23“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
Romans 3:14Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
Ephesians 4:31Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Colossians 3:13See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
Hebrews 12:15But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
James 3:14For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
James 3:16When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,
Psalms 73:21I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
Psalms 73:22Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand.
Psalms 73:23You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
Psalms 73:24Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
Psalms 73:25My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 73:26“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
Ruth 1:20I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”
Ruth 1:21In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
1 Samuel 1:10“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
1 Samuel 1:15And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
1 Samuel 30:6Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32