Bitterness

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• Ephesians 4:31

  Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

• Hebrews 12:15

  Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

• Ephesians 4:31–32

  Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

• Acts 8:23

  For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.

• Matthew 6:14–15

  For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

• Ephesians 4:26

  Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

• Hebrews 12:14–15

  Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

• Romans 3:14

  Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

• Colossians 3:8

  But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

• Proverbs 10:12

  Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

• Proverbs 15:1

  A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

• Mark 11:25

  And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

• Job 10:1

  My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

• Proverbs 14:10

  The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

• Proverbs 17:25

  A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

• James 1:19–20

  Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

• Colossians 3:13

  Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

• Romans 12:2

  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

• Job 7:11

  Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

• Job 21:25

  And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

• Proverbs 20:22

  Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

• Ephesians 4:32

  And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

• Isaiah 38:17

  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.

• Ezekiel 3:14

  So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.

• 1 John 1:9

  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

• Psalms 37:8

  Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

• James 3:14

  But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

• Romans 12:17–21

  Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. …

• Ezekiel 27:31

  And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

• Ecclesiastes 7:9

  Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

• James 1:26

  If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

• Job 9:18

  He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

• James 1:19

  Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

• 1 Peter 2:1

  Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

• Ephesians 4:26–27

  Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil.

• 2 Samuel 2:26

  Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

• 1 Samuel 1:10

  And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.

• Colossians 3:19

  Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

• Proverbs 15:18

  A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

• Proverbs 29:22

  An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.