Revelation 8:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The name of the star was Bitter, and a third of the water turned bitter. Many people died because the water was so bitter.

Cross References

Exodus 15:23

They did find water at Marah, but it was bitter, which is how that place got its name.

Proverbs 5:4

But all that you really get from being with her is bitter poison and pain.

Jeremiah 23:15

You prophets in Jerusalem have spread evil everywhere. That's why I, the LORD, promise to give you bitter poison to eat and drink.

Jeremiah 9:15

So I, the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel, promise them poison to eat and drink.

Lamentations 3:19

Just thinking of my troubles and my lonely wandering makes me miserable.

Lamentations 3:5

He attacked and surrounded me with hardships and trouble;

Amos 5:7

You people are doomed! You twist the truth and trample on justice.

Amos 6:12

Horses can't gallop on rocks; oceans can't be ploughed. But you have turned justice and fairness into bitter poison.

Zechariah 13:8

Nowhere in the land will more than a third of them be left alive.

Zechariah 13:9

Then I will purify them and put them to the test, just as gold and silver are purified and tested. They will pray in my name, and I will answer them. I will say, “You are my people,” and they will reply, “You, LORD, are our God!”

Deuteronomy 29:18

So make sure that everyone in your tribe remains faithful to the LORD and never starts worshipping gods of other nations. If even one of you worships idols, you will be like the root of a plant that produces bitter, poisonous fruit.

Hebrews 12:15

Make sure that no one misses out on God's wonderful kindness. Don't let anyone become bitter and cause trouble for the rest of you.

Revelation 12:4

With its tail, it dragged a third of the stars from the sky and threw them down to the earth. Then the dragon turned towards the woman, because it wanted to eat her child as soon as it was born.

Revelation 8:7

When the first angel blew his trumpet, hail and fire mixed with blood were thrown down on the earth. A third of the earth, a third of the trees, and a third of all green plants were burnt.

Revelation 9:15

The four angels had been prepared for this very hour and day and month and year. Now they were set free to kill a third of all people.

Revelation 9:18

One third of all people were killed by the three terrible troubles caused by the fire, the smoke, and the sulphur.

Ruth 1:20

Then she told them, “Don't call me Naomi any longer! Call me Mara, because God has made my life bitter.