Revelation 8:11

God's Word

That star was named Wormwood. One-third of the water turned into wormwood, and many people died from this water because it had turned bitter.

Cross References

Exodus 15:23

When they came to Marah, they couldn’t drink the water because it tasted bitter. That’s why the place was called Marah [Bitter Place].

Proverbs 5:4

but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, as sharp as a two-edged sword.

Jeremiah 23:15

This is what the Lord of Armies says about the prophets: I will give them wormwood to eat and poison to drink. The prophets of Jerusalem have spread godlessness throughout the land.

Jeremiah 9:15

This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am going to feed these people bitterness and give them poison to drink.

Lamentations 3:19

Remember my suffering and my ⌞aimless⌟ wandering, the wormwood and poison.

Lamentations 3:5

He has attacked me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

Amos 5:7

You, Israel, turn justice into poison and throw righteousness on the ground.

Amos 6:12

Do horses run on rocks? Does a farmer plow the sea with oxen? Yet, you have turned justice into something deadly and what is righteous into poison.

Zechariah 13:8

The Lord declares, “Throughout the land two-thirds will be cut off and die. Yet, one-third will be left in it.

Zechariah 13:9

I will bring this third ⌞of the people⌟ through the fire. I will refine them as silver is refined. I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people.’ They will reply, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

Deuteronomy 29:18

Make sure there is no man, woman, family, or tribe among you today who turns from the Lord our God to worship the gods of those nations. Make sure that no one among you is the source of this kind of bitter poison.

Hebrews 12:15

Make sure that everyone has kindness  from God so that bitterness doesn’t take root and grow up to cause trouble that corrupts many of you.

Revelation 12:4

Its tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky and threw them down to earth. The serpent stood in front of the woman who was going to give birth so that it could devour her child when it was born.

Revelation 8:7

When the first angel blew his trumpet, hail and fire were mixed with blood, and were thrown on the earth. One-third of the earth was burned up, one-third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

Revelation 9:15

The four angels who were ready for that hour, day, month, and year were released to kill one-third of humanity.

Revelation 9:18

These three plagues—the fire, smoke, and sulfur which came out of their mouths—killed one-third of humanity.

Ruth 1:20

She answered them, “Don’t call me Naomi [Sweet]. Call me Mara [Bitter] because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.