Revelation 8:11
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11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many died from the water because it was made bitter.(A)
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Jeremiah 23:15
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15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
I am going to make them eat wormwood
and give them poisoned water to drink,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness has spread throughout the land.(A)
Jeremiah 9:15
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15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I am feeding this people with wormwood and giving them poisonous water to drink.(A)
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Deuteronomy 29:18
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18 It may be that there is among you a man or woman or a family or tribe whose heart is already turning away from the Lord our God to serve the gods of those nations. It may be that there is among you a root sprouting poisonous and bitter growth.(A)
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Amos 6:12
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12 Do horses run on rocky crags?
Does one plow the sea with oxen?[a]
But you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,(A)
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- 6.12 Or Does one plow them with oxen
Amos 5:7
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7 Ah, you who turn justice to wormwood
and bring righteousness to the ground!
Lamentations 3:19
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19 The thought of my affliction and my homelessness
is wormwood and gall!(A)
Proverbs 5:4
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4 but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
sharp as a two-edged sword.(A)
Revelation 8:7
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7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were hurled to the earth, and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.(A)
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Hebrews 12:15
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15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble and through it many become defiled.(A)
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Lamentations 3:5
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5 he has besieged and enveloped me
with bitterness and tribulation;
Ruth 1:20
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20 She said to them,
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Exodus 15:23
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23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter. That is why it was called Marah.[a](A)
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- 15.23 That is, bitterness
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