Gall

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Any bitter or poisonous substance, like bile

• Job 16:13 His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.

Venom of serpents

• Job 20:14 yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.

A bitter herb

• Deuteronomy 29:18 Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,

Given to Jesus

• Psalm 69:21 They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
• Matthew 27:34 they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it.

Figurative

Gall of bitterness

• Acts 8:23 For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”