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Rev 8:11 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Wormwood		Deu 29:18; Rth 1:20; Pro 5:4; Jer 9:15; Jer 23:15; Lam 3:5,19; Amo 5:7; Amo 6:12; Hbr 12:15
many		Exd 15:23

Correlating Passages

Wormwood

	Deu 29:18	Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go [and] serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
	Rth 1:20	And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
	Pro 5:4	But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
	Jer 9:15	Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, [even] this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
	Jer 23:15	Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
	Lam 3:5	He hath builded against me, and compassed [me] with gall and travail.
	Lam 3:19	Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
	Amo 5:7	Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
	Amo 6:12	Shall horses run upon the rock? will [one] plow [there] with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
	Hbr 12:15	Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;

many

Exd 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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Scott, Thomas. "Revelation 8:11," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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