Dictionary of Bible Themes A feeling of anger and resentment, caused particularly by perceived unfairness in suffering or by adverse circumstances. Job 10:1The causes of bitterness See also Adverse personal circumstances Genesis 27:34Ruth 1:20 1 Samuel 30:6 2 Samuel 13:36 "Mara" means "bitter" 2 Kings 4:27Psalms 55:4-14 Proverbs 17:25 Jeremiah 6:26 Ezekiel 3:14 External circumstances See also Job 21:25; 27:2Because of the exiles' hardness of heart. Lamentations 3:1-20Ezekiel 21:6 Matthew 26:75 Human failure See also Ezra 10:1pp Lk 22:61-62 Jeremiah 2:19; 4:18Lamentations 1:4 Acts 8:23 Bitterness is evidence of a sinful heart See also Romans 3:10-18Hebrews 12:15 Bitterness is to be avoided See also Ephesians 4:31James 3:14 Genesis 33:1-11 The remedy for bitterness Luke 15:25-32Forgiveness Ephesians 4:31-32Psalms 37:1-2 The causes of bitterness will pass away See also Examples of bitterness in people's lives Ruth 1:19-212 Samuel 13:22 Esther 5:9 Luke 15:30 See also 4454 gleaning4504 roots 5494 revenge 5560 suffering 5875 hatred 5927 resentment 5952 sorrow 6178 hardness of heart 6227 regret 6652 forgiveness |
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