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.

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Wormwood

Deuteronomy 29:18
so that {there is not} among you a man or a woman or a clan or a tribe {whose heart} turns {today} from [being] with Yahweh our God to go to serve the gods of these nations, so that there is not among you a root sprouting poison and wormwood.
Ruth 1:20
And she said to them, "You should not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for Shaddai has {caused me to be very bitter}.
Proverbs 5:4
But her end is bitter as the wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Jeremiah 9:15
Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, "Look, I [am] feeding this people wormwood, and providing drink for them, water of poison,
Jeremiah 23:15
{Therefore} thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets, "Look, I [am] going to let them eat wormwood and I will give them water of poison to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem went out ungodliness to all the land."
Lamentations 3:5
{He has besieged} and engulfed me with bitterness and hardship.
Amos 5:7
[Ah,] you who turn justice into wormwood and hurl righteousness to the ground!
Amos 6:12
Do horses run on rocks, or does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and [the] fruit of righteousness into wormwood!
Hebrews 12:15
Take care [that] no one falls short of the grace of God; [that] no one growing up [like] a root of bitterness causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

Many

Exodus 15:23
And they came to Marah, and they were not able to drink water from Marah because it was bitter. Therefore {it was named} Marah.

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Isaiah 42:15
I will cause mountains and hills to dry up, and I will cause all their herbage to wither; and I will make rivers like islands, and I will cause pools to dry up.