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.
Wormwood
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Wormwood
Deuteronomy 29:18
Lest there be among you man or woman, kindred or tribe, that turneth away in his heart this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations: and lest there be among you some root that beareth gall and wormwood,
Ruth 1:20
But she said unto them, "Call me not Naomi: call me Mara, for the Almighty hath made me very bitter.
Proverbs 5:4
But at the last she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two edged sword.
Jeremiah 9:15
Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, "Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them gall to drink.
Jeremiah 23:15
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts concerning the prophets, "Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall. For from the prophets of Jerusalem is the sickness of hypocrisy come into all the land."
Lamentations 3:5
He hath builded round about me, and closed me in with gall and travail.
Amos 5:7
Ye turn the law to wormwood, and cast down righteousness into the ground.
Amos 6:12
Who can run with horses, or plow with oxen upon the hard rocks of stone? For why? Ye have turned true judgment into bitterness, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood.
Hebrews 12:15
And look to, that no man be destitute of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness spring up and trouble; and thereby many be defiled:
Many
Exodus 15:23
At the last they came to Marah: but they could not drink of the waters for bitterness, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of the place was called Marah.
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Isaiah 42:15
I will make waste both mountain and hill, and dry up every green thing that groweth thereon. I will dry up the floods of water, and drink up the rivers.