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;

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

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.

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.

He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

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:

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;

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.