Bitterness

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

looking carefully lestthere beany man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →

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

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — read the full passage →

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

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord: — read the full passage →

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:

Hatred stirreth up strifes; But love covereth all transgressions.

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

And whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

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

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:

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

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.

And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

Behold, it wasformypeacethatI 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.

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

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

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing.

But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.

Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

and they shall make themselves bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.

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

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.

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

Ye knowthis, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: — read the full passage →

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?

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

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

A wrathful man stirreth up contention; But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him cheerfully. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.

The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

For we know him that said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit;

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.

wherefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

Then came Peter and said to him, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times? — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, — read the full passage →

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.

Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. — read the full passage →

The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; All her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: Her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.

but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

Then came Peter and said to him, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times? — read the full passage →

Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,

He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah, and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy: and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth the curse.

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

And Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exulteth in Jehovah; My horn is exalted in Jehovah; My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; Because I rejoice in thy salvation. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, — read the full passage →

He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroea: who when they were come thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint; — read the full passage →

And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought: — read the full passage →

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime. — read the full passage →

How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations! — read the full passage →

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite: — read the full passage →

giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to evil-doing. — read the full passage →