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Bible Verses About Bitterness
These KJV Bible verses speak to bitterness. Find Scripture that meets you where you are.
What does the Bible say about bitterness?
The Bible addresses bitterness with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Lamentations 3:15
“He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.”
— King James Version
Acts 8:23
“For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.”
— King James Version
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;”
— King James Version
Deuteronomy 29:18
“Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;”
— King James Version
Deuteronomy 32:32
“For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:”
— King James Version
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1 Samuel 1:10
“And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.”
1 Samuel 15:32
“Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
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 foll...”
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 9:18
“He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.”
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.”
Job 21:25
“And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.”
Proverbs 5:4
“But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.”
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.”
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