Acts 8:23

New King James Version

For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”

Cross References

Isaiah 58:6

“Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke?

Proverbs 5:22

His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, And he is caught in the cords of his sin.

Hebrews 12:15

looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.

2 Peter 2:19

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.

2 Peter 2:4

For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment;

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

Lamentations 3:19

Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall.

Lamentations 3:5

He has besieged me And surrounded me with bitterness and woe.

Jeremiah 9:15

therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

Jeremiah 4:18

“Your ways and your doings Have procured these things for you. This is your wickedness, Because it is bitter, Because it reaches to your heart.”

Isaiah 28:22

Now therefore, do not be mockers, Lest your bonds be made strong; For I have heard from the Lord God of hosts, A destruction determined even upon the whole earth.

Psalm 116:16

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

Job 20:14

Yet his food in his stomach turns sour; It becomes cobra venom within him.

Ephesians 4:31

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