In Deuteronomy 29:18-20, the 'gall of bitterness' describes a root of sin bringing God's curse — Peter applies this exact phrase to Simon's condition.

Proverbs 5:22 says the wicked are caught in 'cords of his sin' – identical imagery to Simon's 'bond of iniquity'.

Lamentations 3:19 uses 'gall' to describe bitter affliction; Peter applies the same imagery to Simon's spiritual condition.

John 8:34 declares that everyone who sins is a slave to sin – exactly the bondage Peter identifies in Simon.

Romans 6 contrasts slavery to sin with righteousness; Simon is still in the former, as Peter diagnoses.

Titus 3:3 describes believers' former slavery to sin, mirroring Simon's current 'bond of iniquity'.

Hebrews 12:15 warns against a 'root of bitterness' that defiles – the same corrupting bitterness Peter sees in Simon.

2 Peter 2:19 says false teachers are 'slaves of corruption' – the same bondage of sin that Peter sees in Simon.

In Job 20:14, the wicked's food turns to gall of asps inside — a similar metaphor for inner corruption as Simon's gall of bitterness.

Psalm 116:16 praises God for loosing bonds; Simon remains in the bond of iniquity – a contrast between freedom and bondage.

In Jeremiah 4:18, bitterness reaches the heart because of wicked ways — linking bitterness to sin's consequences like Peter's diagnosis.