Bitterness

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

looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, — read the full passage →

for in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness, I perceive thee being.'

`For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you--your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord, — read the full passage →

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

but now put off, even ye, the whole--anger, wrath, malice, evil-speaking, filthy talking--out of your mouth.

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

`And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any one, that your Father also who is in the heavens may forgive you your trespasses;

My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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

A provocation to his father <FI>is<Fi> a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, — read the full passage →

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

Also I--I withhold not my mouth--I speak in the distress of my spirit, I talk in the bitterness of my soul.

And this <FI>one<Fi> dieth with a bitter soul, And have not eaten with gladness.

Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

and become one to another kind, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, according as also God in Christ did forgive you.

Lo, to peace He changed for me bitterness, And Thou hast delighted in my soul without corruption, For Thou hast cast behind Thy back all my sins.

And a spirit hath lifted me up, and doth take me away, and I go bitterly, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah on me <FI>is<Fi> strong.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.

and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men. — read the full passage →

And they have made for thee baldness, And they have girded on sackcloth, And they have wept for thee, In bitterness of soul--a bitter mourning.

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

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath, — read the full passage →

and Abner calleth unto Joab, and saith, `For ever doth the sword consume? hast thou not known that it is bitterness in the latter end? and till when dost thou not say to the people to turn back from after their brethren?'

And she is bitter in soul, and prayeth unto Jehovah, and weepeth greatly,

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.

An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

and Samuel saith, `Bring ye nigh unto me Agag king of Amalek,' and Agag cometh unto him daintily, and Agag saith, `Surely the bitterness of death hath turned aside.'

--What do I say? seeing He said to me, And He Himself hath wrought, I go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul.

Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine,

The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory <FI>is<Fi> to pass over transgression.

Every one who is hating his brother--a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining,

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me <FI>with<Fi> wormwood.

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee, — read the full passage →

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

and David hath great distress, for the people have said to stone him, for the soul of all the people hath been bitter, each for his sons and for his daughters; and David doth strengthen himself in Jehovah his God.

A clean heart prepare for me, O God, And a right spirit renew within me.

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

lest there be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart is turning to-day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations, lest there be in you a root fruitful of gall and wormwood:

peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

for we have known Him who is saying, `Vengeance <FI>is<Fi> Mine, I will recompense, saith the Lord;' and again, `The Lord shall judge His people;' --

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,

And manifest also are the works of the flesh, which are: Adultery, whoredom, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;

so that we may keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with unleavened food of sincerity and truth.

if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

`And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him--till seven times?' — read the full passage →

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

And she saith unto them, `Call me not Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly to me,

And thou, son of man, sigh with breaking of loins, yea, with bitterness thou dost sigh before their eyes,

Also--to-day <FI>is<Fi> my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

`Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him. — read the full passage →

The ways of Zion are mourning, Without any coming at the appointed time, All her gates are desolate, her priests sigh, Her virgins are afflicted--and she hath bitterness.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And I have poured on the house of David, And on the inhabitant of Jerusalem, A spirit of grace and supplications, And they have looked unto Me whom they pierced, And they have mourned over it, Like a mourning over the only one, And they have been in bitterness for it, Like a bitterness over the first-born.

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

Then Peter having come near to him, said, `Sir, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him--till seven times?' — read the full passage →

`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him, — read the full passage →

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

and the priest hath caused the woman to stand before Jehovah, and hath uncovered the woman's head, and hath given into her hands the present of the memorial, it <FI>is<Fi> a present of jealousy, and in the hand of the priest are the bitter waters which cause the curse.

Better <FI>is<Fi> the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

And Hannah prayeth, and saith: `My heart hath exulted in Jehovah, My horn hath been high in Jehovah, My mouth hath been large over mine enemies, For I have rejoiced in Thy salvation. — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

`And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

that the Christ may dwell through the faith in your hearts, in love having been rooted and founded, — read the full passage →

Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.

Mine <FI>are<Fi> vengeance and recompense, At the due time--doth their foot slide; For near is a day of their calamity, And haste do things prepared for them.

`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> always to pray, and not to faint, — read the full passage →

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his burning the bones of the king of Edom to lime, — read the full passage →

How hast thou fallen from the heavens, O shining one, son of the dawn! Thou hast been cut down to earth, O weakener of nations. — read the full passage →

And there is a certain man of Ramathaim-Zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name <FI>is<Fi> Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, and Ephrathite, — read the full passage →

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

Whence <FI>are<Fi> wars and fightings among you? not thence--out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

Desist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil. — read the full passage →