The best Bible verses for bitterness include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for bitterness, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"“Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul."Job 7:11
"“Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul."Job 7:11
"“I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul."Job 10:1
"“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made me taste bitterness of soul,"Job 27:2
"I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner she will ensnare."Ecclesiastes 7:26
"See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many."Hebrews 12:15
"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter."Isaiah 5:20
"Therefore I said, “Turn away from me; let me weep bitterly. Do not try to console me over the destruction of my people.”"Isaiah 22:4
"“Remember, O Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly."Isaiah 38:3
"But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth."James 3:14
"“Your own conduct and actions have brought this upon you. This is your punishment. How bitter it is! How it pierces to the heart!”"Jeremiah 4:18
"O my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes; mourn with bitter wailing as for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us."Jeremiah 6:26
"Therefore, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “See, I will make this people eat bitter food and drink poisoned water."Jeremiah 9:15
Scripture returns to bitterness often enough that no single verse covers it. The 15 passages below come from across the Old and New Testaments, and they do not all say the same thing — read together they give a fuller picture than any one of them does alone.
Each links to a study page with the full passage, its context, and the text in six translations, so a verse that catches your attention can be followed properly rather than left as a fragment.
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The most-cited Bible verses for bitterness are Job 7:11, Job 10:1, Job 21:25. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to bitterness across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for bitterness, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.