15 Bible Verses About Bitterness

Bitterness in the Bible is sometimes the grief of loss and sometimes a sin. Naomi says “the Almighty has made my life very bitter” (Ruth 1:20), and Peter tells Simon he is “full of bitterness and captive to sin” (Acts 8:23). Job 7:11 and Lamentations 3:15 describe bitterness in suffering. Hebrews 12:15 takes its “bitter root” from a warning against turning to other gods, Romans 3:14 finds bitterness in the mouths of the wicked, and Ephesians 4:31 says “Get rid…