10 Bible Verses about Bitter Water

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Numbers 5:24

And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes the curse. And the water that causes the curse shall enter into her bitter.

James 3:11

Does the spring pour out from the same opening the sweet and the bitter?

Exodus 15:23

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah.

Exodus 15:22-26

And Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur. And they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?read more.
And he cried to LORD. And LORD showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, and he said, If thou will diligently hearken to the voice of LORD thy God, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, wh

Numbers 5:23

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.

Numbers 5:19

And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say to the woman, If no man has lain with thee, and if thou have not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causes the

Numbers 5:18-27

And the priest shall set the woman before LORD, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy. And the priest shall have in his hand the wa And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say to the woman, If no man has lain with thee, and if thou have not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causes the But if thou have gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou are defiled, and some man has lain with thee besides thy husband,read more.
then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say to the woman, LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people when LORD makes thy thigh to fall away, and thy body to swell. And this water that causes the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy body to swell, and thy thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen. And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness. And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes the curse. And the water that causes the curse shall enter into her bitter. And the priest shall take the meal-offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the meal-offering before LORD, and bring it to the altar. And the priest shall take a handful of the meal-offering, as the memorial of it, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water. And when he has made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse shall enter into her bitter, and her body shall swell,

Revelation 8:11

And the name of the star is called Wormwood oil. And the third part of the waters developed into wormwood oil, and many of the men died from the waters, because they were made bitter.

Numbers 5:18

And the priest shall set the woman before LORD, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy. And the priest shall have in his hand the wa

Numbers 5:27

And when he has made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse shall enter into her bitter, and her body shall swell,

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Bitter water » Ceremonial water » Used » By priests

Numbers 5:18-27

And the priest shall set the woman before LORD, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy. And the priest shall have in his hand the wa And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say to the woman, If no man has lain with thee, and if thou have not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causes the But if thou have gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou are defiled, and some man has lain with thee besides thy husband, read more.
then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say to the woman, LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people when LORD makes thy thigh to fall away, and thy body to swell. And this water that causes the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy body to swell, and thy thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen. And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness. And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes the curse. And the water that causes the curse shall enter into her bitter. And the priest shall take the meal-offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the meal-offering before LORD, and bring it to the altar. And the priest shall take a handful of the meal-offering, as the memorial of it, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water. And when he has made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse shall enter into her bitter, and her body shall swell,

Bitter water » At marah

Exodus 15:23

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah.

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