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Wormwood
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And the third angel sounded, and there fell from heaven a great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of the waters; — read the full passage →
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil: — read the full passage →
therefore thus saith Jehovah 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 in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
And the third angel sounded, and there fell from heaven a great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of the waters;
For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Therefore thus saith Jehovah 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 ungodliness gone forth into all the land.
for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
And I saw, and behold, a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death; and Hades followed with him. And there was given unto them authority over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with famine, and with death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →
knowing this first, that in the last days mockers shall come with mockery, walking after their own lusts,
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God: — read the full passage →
But know this, that in the last days grievous 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, that is gathered out of many peoples, upon the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and they shall dwell securely, all of them.
And a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman arrayed 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; that the third part of them should be darkened, and the day should not shine for the third part of it, and the night in like manner.
For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. — read the full passage →
But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. — read the full passage →
For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;
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 gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:
And this shall be the plague wherewith Jehovah will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their sockets, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but they that are wise shall understand.
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
(for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is the acceptable 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 unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.
And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James thesonof Zebedee, and John his brother;
And thou shalt come from thy place out of the uttermost parts of the north, thou, and many peoples 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 →
and they repented not of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
and they say to the mountains and to the 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 no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, calledto bean apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →
Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →
after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.
Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.
And except the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect’s sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days.
And the gospel must first be preached unto all the nations.
and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said, and among the remnant those whom Jehovah doth 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 those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another 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 Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
And I saw one of his heads as though it had been smitten unto death; and his death-stroke was healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast;
that they said to you, In the last time there shall be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are of the Dispersion, greeting. — read the full passage →
and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place.
If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.
Even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh.
For the Son of man also 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 commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:
for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Son of man, set thy face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, — read the full passage →
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me 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.
And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →
And 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 →
And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, 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 pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou 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 their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?
knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.
Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts;
For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts,
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →
then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →
for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →
And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.
And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
By these three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths.
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,
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