5799 bitterness
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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A feeling of anger and resentment, caused particularly by perceived unfairness in suffering or by adverse circumstances.

The causes of bitterness

Adverse personal circumstances

Job 10:1 See also Genesis 27:34; Ruth 1:20 “Mara” means “bitter”; 1 Samuel 30:6; 2 Samuel 13:36; 2 Kings 4:27; Psalm 55:4-14; Proverbs 17:25; Jeremiah 6:26

External circumstances

Ezekiel 3:14 Because of the exiles' hardness of heart. See also Job 21:25; Job 27:2; Lamentations 3:1-20; Ezekiel 21:6

Human failure

Matthew 26:75 pp Luke 22:61-62 See also Ezra 10:1; Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 4:18; Lamentations 1:4

Bitterness is evidence of a sinful heart

Acts 8:23 See also Romans 3:10-18

Bitterness is to be avoided

Hebrews 12:15 See also Ephesians 4:31; James 3:14

The remedy for bitterness

Forgiveness

Genesis 33:1-11; Luke 15:25-32; Ephesians 4:31-32

The causes of bitterness will pass away

Psalm 37:1-2

Examples of bitterness in people's lives

See also

Ruth 1:19-21; 2 Samuel 13:22; Esther 5:9; Luke 15:30

See also

4452  gall
4500  poison
5494  revenge
5560  suffering
5875  hatred
5927  resentment
5952  sorrow
6178  hardness of heart
6227  regret
6652  forgiveness



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