Bible Verses About

Bitterness

Releasing bitterness and rooting it out.

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

    Ephesians 4:31 · KJV

  2. 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; fail...; or, fall from

    Hebrews 12:15 · KJV

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

    Ephesians 4:26 · KJV

  4. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

    Hebrews 12:14 · KJV

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

    James 1:19 · KJV

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

    Acts 8:23 · KJV

  7. For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

    Matthew 6:14 · KJV

  8. Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

    Romans 3:14 · KJV

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

    Colossians 3:8 · KJV

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Frequently asked

What does the Bible say about bitterness?

Scripture speaks to bitterness in passages such as Ephesians 4:31, Hebrews 12:15, Ephesians 4:26. For example, Ephesians 4:31 says, “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”

What is a well-known Bible verse about bitterness?

Ephesians 4:31 — “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”

What is a short Bible verse about bitterness?

Romans 3:14 — “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:”