Deuteronomy 29:18Proverbs 5:4Jeremiah 9:15Amos 5:7Amos 6:12 Revelation 8:10,11

The name by which the Greeks designated it, absinthion, means "undrinkable." The absinthe of France is distilled from a species of this plant. The "southernwood" or "old man," cultivated in cottage gardens on account of its fragrance, is another species of it.