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Bible Quotes About Resentment
16 Scripture verses about resentment from the King James Version, with full verse text for study and meditation.
Scripture reveals that resentment, expressed through wrath and envy, harms the foolish and vulnerable, leading to spiritual and emotional death. The Psalms reflect the deep sorrow and anguish that resentment brings, yet also point to God's power to restore and revive those afflicted. Central to overcoming resentment is the call to forgive others, as emphasized in the teachings of Jesus, who links our forgiveness of others directly to receiving forgiveness from God. Thus, the Bible presents forgiveness as the divine remedy for the destructive effects of resentment.
Top 10 Bible Quotes About Resentment
- Job 5:2 — “For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. envy: or, indignation”
- Psalms 13:2 — “How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?”
- Psalms 71:20 — “Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.”
- Matthew 6:12 — “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.”
- Matthew 6:15 — “But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
- Mark 11:25 — “And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
- Luke 6:37 — “Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:”
- Romans 3:10 — “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:”
- Romans 3:23 — “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”
- Romans 8:28 — “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
Old Testament Quotes About Resentment (3)
“For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. envy: or, indignation”
“How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?”
“Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.”
New Testament Quotes About Resentment (13)
“And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.”
“But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
“And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
“Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:”
“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:”
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”
“And be ye kind one to another , tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
“Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; fail: or, fall from”
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
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