There are many ways that Christians can be affected by bitterness. Regret, jealousy, and envy can all lead to feelings of bitterness and to an unhappy life. When a person is bitter, their life doesn’t feel worth living. Don’t let that happen to you! Turn to God and try to heal your bitterness.
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. | Proverbs 15:1
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. | 1 John 4:8
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. | John 13:34-35
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. | Mark 11:25
And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them. | Luke 6:31
But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. | Colossians 3:8
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. | Matthew 15:18-19
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. | 1 Peter 5:8
Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools. | Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. | Ephesians 4:32
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices | Colossians 3:9
Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you. | Proverbs 20:22
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. | Romans 12:2
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. | John 3:17
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. | Romans 3:23
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense. | Proverbs 19:11
Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you. | Matthew 5:42
Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven. | Luke 6:37
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight. | Proverbs 12:22
Let brotherly love continue. | Hebrews 13:1
Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. | Hebrews 13:1-3
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. | Romans 13:1
No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. | Matthew 6:24
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. | Colossians 3:5
So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. | Matthew 7:12
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. | 1 John 3:1-2
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. | Hebrews 13:15-16
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil. | Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. | Matthew 18:21-22
We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. | Romans 15:1-2
Although you might not think that this will help at first – believe in yourself and in God. Accept that reading the Bible and praying can help you in your times of trouble. Praying to God and working past your problems can help heal the bitter feelings in your life.