What Does the Bible Say About Being Bitter?

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Isaiah 5:20 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

1 John 3:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.

1 John 3:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

1 Peter 5:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

James 3:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?

1 John 2:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

Hebrews 2:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.

Romans 6:1-2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

John 5:30 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 15:18-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”

Amos 1:1-15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers.” Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,” says the Lord. ...

Psalm 82:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I said, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you;

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Colossians 3:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

Colossians 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

Colossians 3:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.

Philippians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,

Ephesians 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Ephesians 5:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Romans 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

Acts 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,

John 8:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”

John 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.”

Luke 13:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Isaiah 53:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.

Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Deuteronomy 19:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Lest innocent blood be shed in your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance, and so the guilt of bloodshed be upon you.

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

37 Bible Verses about Being Bitter

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Isaiah 5:20 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 John 3:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 3:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 3:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 2:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 2:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:1-2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 5:30 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 15:18-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Amos 1:1-15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 82:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 13:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 53:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 19:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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37 Bible Verses about Being Bitter

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1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 10 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Isaiah 5:20 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 John 3:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 3:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 3:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 2:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 2:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:1-2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 5:30 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 15:18-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Amos 1:1-15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 82:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 3:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 3:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 5:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 13:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 53:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 19:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes