Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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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 a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart is turning to-day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations, lest there be in you a root fruitful of gall and wormwood:
Ruth 1:20
And she saith unto them, 'Call me not Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly to me,
Proverbs 5:4
And her latter end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword with mouths.
Jeremiah 9:15
Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing them -- this people -- to eat wormwood, And I have caused them to drink water of gall,
Jeremiah 23:15
Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, concerning the prophets: Lo, I am causing them to eat wormwood, And have caused them to drink water of gall, For, from prophets of Jerusalem Hath profanity gone forth to all the land.
Lamentations 3:5
He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.
Amos 5:7
Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,
Amos 6:12
Do horses run on a rock? Doth one plough it with oxen? For ye have turned to gall judgment, And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood.
Hebrews 12:15
looking diligently over lest any one be failing of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up may give trouble, and through this many may be defiled;
Many
Exodus 15:23
and they come in to Marah, and have not been able to drink the waters of Marah, for they are bitter; therefore hath one called its name Marah.
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Isaiah 42:15
I make waste mountains and hills, And all their herbs I dry up, And I have made rivers become isles, And ponds I dry up.