Revelation 8:11

The name of the star is Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the waters, because they had become bitter (toxic).

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 bitter and poisonous water to drink.

Jeremiah 23:15

Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts in regard to the prophets,

‘Behold, I am going to feed them [the bitterness of] wormwood
And make them drink the poisonous water [of gall],
For from the [counterfeit] prophets of Jerusalem
Profaneness and ungodliness have spread into all the land.’”

Exodus 15:23

Then they came to Marah, but they could not drink its waters because they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah (bitter).

Deuteronomy 29:18

so that there will not be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God, to go and serve the [false] gods of these nations; so that there will not be among you a root [of idolatry] bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood (bitterness).

Ruth 1:20

She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi (sweetness); call me Mara (bitter), for the Almighty has caused me great grief and bitterness.

Proverbs 5:4


But in the end she is bitter like [the extract of] wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.

Lamentations 3:5


He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

Lamentations 3:19


Remember [O Lord] my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall (bitterness).

Amos 5:7


“For those [shall be consumed] who turn justice into wormwood (bitterness)
And cast righteousness down to the earth.”

Amos 6:12


Do horses run on rocks?
Do men plow rocks with oxen? [Of course not!]
Yet you have turned justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood (bitterness),

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one falls short of God’s grace; that no root of resentment springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;

Revelation 8:7

The first [angel] sounded [his trumpet], and there was [a storm of] hail and fire, mixed with blood, and it was hurled to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

General references

Bible References

Wormwood

Deuteronomy 29:18
so that there will not be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God, to go and serve the [false] gods of these nations; so that there will not be among you a root [of idolatry] bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood (bitterness).
Ruth 1:20
She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi (sweetness); call me Mara (bitter), for the Almighty has caused me great grief and bitterness.
Proverbs 5:4

But in the end she is bitter like [the extract of] wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
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 bitter and poisonous water to drink.
Jeremiah 23:15
Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts in regard to the prophets,

‘Behold, I am going to feed them [the bitterness of] wormwood
And make them drink the poisonous water [of gall],
For from the [counterfeit] prophets of Jerusalem
Profaneness and ungodliness have spread into all the land.’”
Lamentations 3:5

He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
Amos 5:7

“For those [shall be consumed] who turn justice into wormwood (bitterness)
And cast righteousness down to the earth.”
Amos 6:12

Do horses run on rocks?
Do men plow rocks with oxen? [Of course not!]
Yet you have turned justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood (bitterness),
Hebrews 12:15
See to it that no one falls short of God’s grace; that no root of resentment springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;

Many

Exodus 15:23
Then they came to Marah, but they could not drink its waters because they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah (bitter).

General references

Isaiah 42:15

“I will lay waste the mountains and hills
And wither all their vegetation;
I will turn the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the ponds.