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Dictionary of Bible Themes – 5799 bitterness
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Dictionary of Bible Themes
5000 Humanity
5760 Human attitudes and behaviour
5799 bitterness
5799 bitterness
5799 bitterness
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 Ge 27:34; Ru 1:20 “Mara” means “bitter”; 1Sa 30:6; 2Sa 13:36; 2Ki 4:27; Ps 55:4-14; Pr 17:25; Jer 6:26
External circumstances Eze 3:14 Because of the exiles’hardness of heart. See also Job 21:25; Job 27:2; La 3:1-20; Eze 21:6
Human failure Mt 26:75 pp Lk 22:61-62 See also Ezr 10:1; Jer 2:19; Jer 4:18; La 1:4
Bitterness is evidence of a sinful heart
Ac 8:23 See also Ro 3:10-18
Bitterness is to be avoided
Heb 12:15 See also Eph 4:31; Jas 3:14
The remedy for bitterness
Forgiveness Ge 33:1-11; Lk 15:25-32; Eph 4:31-32
The causes of bitterness will pass away Ps 37:1-2
Examples of bitterness in people’s lives
See also Ru 1:19-21; 2Sa 13:22; Est 5:9; Lk 15:30See also
| 4452 | gall |
| 4500 | poison |
| 5494 | revenge |
| 5560 | suffering |
| 5875 | hatred |
| 5927 | resentment |
| 5952 | sorrow |
| 6178 | hardness of heart |
| 6227 | regret |
| 6652 | forgiveness |
Dictionary of Bible Themes Scripture index copyright Martin H. Manser, 2009. As Editor, Martin Manser wishes to thank all those who compiled or edited the NIV Thematic Study Bible, on which this work is based.
