Bitterness
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· 9 viewsA feeling of anger and resentment, caused particularly by perceived unfairness in suffering or by adverse circumstances.
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The causes of bitterness
The causes of bitterness
Adverse personal circumstances
Adverse personal circumstances
1 EK walg van my lewe; ek wil my geklaag die vrye loop gee; ek wil spreek in die bitterheid van my siel.
See also Ge 27:34; Ru 1:20 “Mara” means “bitter”; 1 Sa 30:6; 2 Sa 13:36; 2 Ki 4:27; Ps 55:4–14; Pr 17:25; Je 6:26
External circumstances
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
Human failure
75 En dadelik het die haan gekraai, en Petrus het die woord van Jesus onthou wat Hy vir hom gesê het: Voor die haan kraai, sal jy My drie maal verloën. En hy het buitentoe gegaan en bitterlik geween.
See also Ezr 10:1; Je 2:19; Je 4:18; La 1:4
Bitterness is evidence of a sinful heart
Bitterness is evidence of a sinful heart
23 Want ek sien dat jy in ’n gal van bitterheid en bande van ongeregtigheid is.
See also Ro 3:10–18
Bitterness is to be avoided
Bitterness is to be avoided
15 en pas op dat niemand in die genade van God veragter nie; dat geen wortel van bitterheid opskiet en onrus verwek en baie hierdeur besoedel word nie.
See also Eph 4:31; Jas 3:14
The remedy for bitterness
The remedy for bitterness
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Ge 33:1–11; Lk 15:25–32; Eph 4:31–32
The causes of bitterness will pass away
The causes of bitterness will pass away
1 ’N PSALM van Dawid.
Alef. Wees nie toornig op die kwaaddoeners nie, beny hulle nie wat onreg doen nie;
2 want soos gras sal hulle gou verwelk, en soos groen grasspruitjies sal hulle verdroog.
Examples of bitterness in people’s lives
Examples of bitterness in people’s lives
Ru 1:19–21; 2 Sa 13:22; Es 5:9; Lk 15:30