Category: Discipleship

Mark 15: 23-24 And they were offering Him wine, having been mixed with gall; but He did not take it. And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get. ‘Wormwood’, the bitter toxic herb, is a metaphor for bitterness and resentment in the Bible. Jesus refused a bitter...

Revelation 8:11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter. The Romans referred to common wormwood as ‘absinthium’ meaning bitter. Wormwood is a popular herb used in witchcraft and hoodoo to communicate to the spirit-world, for incantation, divination,...

Ruth 1:20 She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi (sweetness); call me Mara (bitter), for the Almighty has caused me great grief and bitterness. ‘Wormwood’, the bitter toxic herb, is a metaphor for bitterness and resentment in the Bible. Absinthe, the herb-infused alcohol derived from the leaves and flowers of the bitter shrub...

Genesis 27:41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.” The lifespan of a wormwood seed over which it remains viable is about 10 years. The seed grows...

Romans 12:19 Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, “I will take revenge; I will pay them back,” says the LORD. The wormwood shrub takes about 2 years to grow and mature. However, the wormwood extract used in ‘absinthe’, a green alcoholic liquor takes only...

Job 16:1-3 Then Job replied: “I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you! Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing? ‘Wormwood’, the bitter toxic herb, is a metaphor for bitterness and resentment in the Bible. Wormwood is the active component in the alcoholic...

Deuteronomy 29:18 Lest there is in you a man or a woman or a family or a tribe whose heart turns away today from LORD JEHOVAH our God to go to work for the gods of those nations, lest there is in you a root that causes bitterness and wormwood to spring up. Wormwood is a native...