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Wormwood
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And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; — read the full passage →
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: — read the full passage →
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.
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.
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
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.
For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; — read the full passage →
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: — read the full passage →
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. — read the full passage →
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:) — read the full passage →
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →
Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, — read the full passage →
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →
Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: — read the full passage →
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
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