Acts 8:23

English Standard Version 2016

For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.”

Cross References

Isaiah 58:6

“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.

2 Peter 2:19

They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

Lamentations 3:19

Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall!

Lamentations 3:5

he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation;

Jeremiah 9:15

Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed this people with bitter food, and give them poisonous water to drink.

Jeremiah 4:18

Your ways and your deeds have brought this upon you. This is your doom, and it is bitter; it has reached your very heart.”

Isaiah 28:22

Now therefore do not scoff, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord God of hosts against the whole land.

Psalm 116:16

O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds.

Job 20:14

yet his food is turned in his stomach; it is the venom of cobras within him.

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.