Revelation 9
Proof scriptures · 3
Isaiah 14:12
…how art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
Isaiah 22:22
…the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder…
Job 1:7
Satan “going to and fro in the earth.
Revelation 9:1
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Proof scriptures · 11
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Revelation 22:16
I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
Revelation 1:18
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Philippians 2:6-8
Jesus humbled Himself and became obedient unto death on the Cross.
Isaiah 22:22
The key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder.
John 6:38
For I came down from heaven…
Isaiah 14:12-15
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer…
Genesis 19:28
Fire and brimstone raining down (descent/judgment motif).
Exodus 10:21-23
thick darkness in Egypt.
Joel 2:2
a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness.
Isaiah 34:10
…the smoke thereof shall go up for ever…
Revelation 9:2
And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Proof scriptures · 12
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Exodus 19:18
Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke… the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace.
Leviticus 16:13
Smoke of incense on the Day of Atonement.
Ephesians 5:2
Christ… hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.
Hebrews 2:14
Through death he might destroy him that had the power of death…
Exodus 10:13-15
The plague of locusts on Egypt, “covered the face of the whole earth.
Joel 2:2-10
Day of the Lord: “A great people and a strong… like the appearance of horses…
Genesis 19:28
Smoke of Sodom rising up “as the smoke of a furnace.
Exodus 10:12-15
plague of locusts upon Egypt.
Joel 1:4
…the palmerworm… the locust… the cankerworm… the caterpillar…
Nahum 3:15-17
Nineveh’s armies compared to locusts.
Revelation 9:3
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Proof scriptures · 14
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Joel 2:1-11
The locust army as a picture of God’s empowered host.
Luke 10:19
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions…
Revelation 10:9-10
The Word sweet in the mouth but bitter in the belly.
Acts 2:37
They were pricked in their heart…
Hebrews 4:12
The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword.
Joel 2:25
I will restore... the years that the locust hath eaten, my great army which I sent among you.
Isaiah 6:4
And the house was filled with smoke.
Revelation 10:9
It was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
Jeremiah 23:29
Is not my word like as a fire?... and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Luke 19:10
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Ezekiel 9:4-6
a mark set upon God’s people; only the unsealed are struck.
Exodus 12:23
…the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
Revelation 9:4
And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Proof scriptures · 16
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Ephesians 1:13
After that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.
Ezekiel 9:4-6
The mark on the foreheads of the faithful spares them.
Exodus 12:23
The destroyer passes over the marked houses.
Psalm 1:3
The righteous are like a tree planted by rivers of water.
Revelation 7:3
Hurt not the earth… till we have sealed the servants of our God.
Exodus 9:4
Plagues that only affect Egyptians, not God’s people.
Luke 19:10
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.
John 12:47
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Mark 2:17
They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Isaiah 61:3
Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord...
2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one we are the savour of death... to the other the savour of life...
Isaiah 55:10-11
As the rain cometh down... so shall my word be...
Deuteronomy 8:15
…wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought…
Jeremiah 8:3
…death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain…
Revelation 9:5
And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
Proof scriptures · 14
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
John 16:8
He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.
Hebrews 4:12
The word of God is quick… sharper than any two-edged sword.
Acts 2:37
They were pricked in their heart…
2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord… is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Deuteronomy 28:65-67
Curses of the covenant: longing for death, but not finding relief.
Jeremiah 8:3
Death shall be chosen rather than life…
Acts 7:54-57
54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
Psalm 103:10
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
Lamentations 3:31-32
For the Lord will not cast off for ever: But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
John 3:17
God sent not his Son... to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Acts 7:54
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart...
Revelation 10:9
It was in my mouth sweet as honey... my belly was bitter.
Revelation 9:6
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Proof scriptures · 22
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Acts 2:37
They were pricked in their heart…
Hebrews 4:12
The word of God is quick… sharper than any two-edged sword.
John 3:19-20
Men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.
Revelation 6:16
Men will say to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us…
2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life.
Matthew 21:42-44
42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
John 11:25
I am the resurrection and the life...
1 Corinthians 10:4
...the spiritual rock that followed them: and that rock was Christ.
Matthew 11:28
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Psalm 42:3
My soul thirsteth for God...
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He hath set eternity in the hearts of men...
John 3:13
No man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man…
Revelation 1:18
I am he that liveth, and was dead... and have the keys of hell and of death.
Isaiah 22:22
The key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder…
Matthew 27:51-53
…the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints... arose.
Luke 23:44-46
There was a darkness over all the earth… and the veil of the temple was rent.
Luke 10:19
I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions...
Ephesians 1:13
Sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise.
Acts 26:14
It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Joel 2:4
…the appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
Jeremiah 51:27
…cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
Revelation 9:7
And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
Proof scriptures · 14
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Ephesians 2:6
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 2:16
We have the mind of Christ.
Revelation 5:10
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests.
Joel 2:4-5
Locusts “like the appearance of horses… as horsemen, so shall they run.
Ephesians 6:10-12
Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
Jeremiah 51:27
Cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillars.
Exodus 10:14
Locusts without number, devastating armies.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;
Ephesians 6:11
Put on the whole armour of God...
1 Corinthians 9:25
They that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize.
James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.
Joel 1:6
…a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion…
Song of Solomon 4:1
…thy hair is as a flock of goats…” (long hair imagery).
Revelation 9:8
And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
Proof scriptures · 14
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
1 Corinthians 11:15
If a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her.
Revelation 5:5
The Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed.
Hebrews 4:12
The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword.
Joel 2:4-5
Locusts like horses with the appearance of strength.
1 Corinthians 2:16
We have the mind of Christ.
Psalm 96:9
Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
Proverbs 28:1
The righteous are bold as a lion.
Hosea 11:10
They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
Amos 3:7-8
Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. The lion hath roared, who will not fear?
the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
Joel 3:16
The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
Jeremiah 25:30
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
Joel 2:5
…like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap…
Nahum 2:4
…the chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another…
Revelation 9:9
And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Proof scriptures · 9
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Ephesians 6:14
Stand therefore… having on the breastplate of righteousness.
Isaiah 40:31
They shall mount up with wings as eagles.
Ephesians 2:6
And hath raised us up together… in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Joel 2:4-5
Locusts like horses running to battle.
Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots… but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Revelation 6:2
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him.
Deuteronomy 8:15
wilderness filled with scorpions.
Isaiah 9:15
…the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.” (false prophecy as a sting).
Revelation 9:10
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
Proof scriptures · 8
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Hebrews 4:12
The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword.
Acts 2:37
They were pricked in their heart…
John 16:8
He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.
2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life.
Revelation 10:9-10
The little book sweet in the mouth but bitter in the belly.
Proverbs 15:11
…hell and destruction (Abaddon) are before the LORD.
Job 26:6
Hell is naked before him, and destruction (Abaddon) hath no covering.
Revelation 9:11
And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Proof scriptures · 9
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Revelation 1:18
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Hebrews 2:14
That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil.
Colossians 2:15
Having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
1 Corinthians 15:55
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
Ephesians 4:8-10
Jesus descended into the lower parts of the earth and led captivity captive.
Ephesians 4:9
He ascended... descended first into the lower parts of the earth.
1 Peter 3:18-20
Christ preaching to the spirits in prison.
Revelation 6:2
The rider on the white horse, representing Christ’s victorious mission.
Revelation 9:12
One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
Proof scriptures · 8
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Revelation 8:13
The angel’s triple woe announcing the coming woes.
Revelation 11:15
The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ.
Hebrews 12:26-27
Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is longsuffering, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
Ezekiel 7:5-7
An evil, an only evil, behold, is come…
Jeremiah 46:10
…this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance…” (Euphrates = Babylon’s region).
Isaiah 11:15
…the LORD shall utterly destroy… the river… and smite it… make men go over dryshod.
Revelation 9:13
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
Proof scriptures · 13
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Exodus 30:1-10
The golden altar of incense before God.
Revelation 8:3-5
The angel at the golden altar offering incense with the prayers of the saints.
Zechariah 1:18-21
Four horns representing powers, answered by divine craftsmen.
Hebrews 9:24
Christ entered heaven itself to appear in the presence of God for us.
Matthew 28:18-20
All authority given to Jesus; the Gospel to be proclaimed to all nations.
Jeremiah 46:2, 10
Judgment “by the river Euphrates.
Zechariah 6:1-8
Four spirits/angels sent out to patrol the earth.
Exodus 27:2
horns on the altar (used for atonement and sanctuary)
Hebrews 8:5
earthly things are a shadow of the heavenly
Deuteronomy 33:17
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns.
Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation.
Luke 24:44
Jesus opened the scriptures—the four Gospels reveal the full testimony of Christ.
Revelation 9:14
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
Proof scriptures · 15
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Revelation 22:1
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
John 7:38
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Matthew 28:18-20
All power is given unto me… Go ye therefore, and teach all nations.
Isaiah 11:15-16
The drying up of barriers so God’s people can cross over.
Ephesians 2:14
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us.
Isaiah 11:16
And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people… like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
Isaiah 11:2
Sevenfold Spirit: wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge, fear of the Lord, Spirit of the Lord.
Zechariah 6:5
These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
Revelation 5:6
Seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
Revelation 16:12
And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up…
Matthew 24:14
This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world…
Genesis 2:14
Edenic Origin
Genesis 15:18
Covenant Boundary
Jeremiah 46:2-10
Euphrates and Babylon’s Fall
Revelation 9:15
And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
Proof scriptures · 16
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Matthew 28:18-20
All power is given unto me… Go ye therefore, and teach all nations.
John 7:38
Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season.
Romans 6:6
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him…
Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.
Jeremiah 51:27-28
Nations summoned as armies from the north against Babylon.
Joel 2:2, 11
A great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like… his army is very great…
Isaiah 61:2
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn.
Zechariah 3:9
…and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
Revelation 5:1-5
The sealed scroll and the Lamb who opens it.
2 Timothy 1:9
God’s purpose and grace given before time began.
John 1:14
The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us...
Matthew 28:19-20
The Great Commission to all times and peoples.
Psalm 68:17
…the chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels…” (vast numberless host).
Daniel 7:10
…thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him…
Revelation 9:16
And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
Proof scriptures · 12
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Revelation 7:9
A great multitude, which no man could number.
Hebrews 12:22
Ye are come unto mount Zion... to an innumerable company of angels.
Joel 2:11
The LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great.
Ephesians 2:6
And hath raised us up together… in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Psalm 68:17
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels.
2 Chronicles 14:8
…and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
2 Chronicles 28:8
Psalm 68:11
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
Isaiah 55:11
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth...
Job 41:19-21
Leviathan: “…out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. Out of his nostrils goeth smoke…
Isaiah 30:33
…the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Revelation 9:17
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
Proof scriptures · 15
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Ephesians 6:14
Stand therefore… having on the breastplate of righteousness.
Hebrews 12:29
Our God is a consuming fire.
Revelation 8:3-5
The altar, incense, and fire cast to the earth.
Isaiah 6:6-7
The live coal from the altar touching the lips.
Joel 2:5
The noise of chariots and the advance of God’s army.
Exodus 9:23-24
Fire, hail, and brimstone (judgments on Egypt).
Isaiah 30:27-33
The Lord’s breath like an overflowing stream, “fire, and… brimstone.
Genesis 19:24
The Lord rained upon Sodom… brimstone and fire.
Luke 17:29
Jesus refers to this same destruction.
1 Corinthians 2:16
...have the mind of Christ.
Revelation 5:5
The Lion of the tribe of Judah.
Proverbs 28:1
The righteous are bold as a lion.
Hebrews 4:12
The word of God is quick, and powerful...
Revelation 6:2
A white horse... the rider with a bow...” (Christ’s victory and authority)
Revelation 9:18
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.
Proof scriptures · 10
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Hebrews 12:29
Our God is a consuming fire.
Ephesians 5:2
Christ… hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.
Revelation 8:5
Fire from the altar cast into the earth.
Hebrews 4:12
The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword.
2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life.
Isaiah 6:6-7
The altar and the cleansing fire.
Revelation 8:3-5
Prayers and smoke from the golden altar.
Genesis 19:24
Brimstone as judgment on Sodom.
Revelation 14:10
The smoke of torment rising forever.
Revelation 9:19
For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
Proof scriptures · 11
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Hebrews 4:12
The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword.
Ephesians 6:17
The sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Revelation 10:9-10
The little book sweet in the mouth but bitter in the belly.
Luke 10:19
I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions.
2 Corinthians 10:4-5
The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.
Revelation 1:16
Out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword.
Deuteronomy 4:28
…serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone…
Psalm 115:4-7
…idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands…
Isaiah 44:9-20
craftsmen shaping idols.
Jeremiah 44:4-5
…they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
Revelation 9:20
And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Proof scriptures · 16
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Psalm 115:4-8
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands… they have mouths, but they speak not.
Isaiah 44:9-20
The folly of making and trusting in idols.
Jeremiah 10:3-5
Idols are like scarecrows that cannot speak or walk.
Revelation 2:21
I gave her space to repent… and she repented not.
2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.
Hebrews 10:1
The law having a shadow of good things to come...
Revelation 11:3-6
The two witnesses prophesying with fire and blood imagery.
Galatians 4:24-26
The allegory of Hagar and Sarah representing old law and new covenant.
Matthew 11:17
Jesus calls the religious system “children sitting in the marketplace” refusing to respond.
Ezekiel 18:23
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
Isaiah 26:9
When thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise… but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Revelation 2:16
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Matthew 10:34
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Luke 12:51
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division.
Revelation 9:21
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
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Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Revelation 2:21
I gave her space to repent… and she repented not.
Galatians 5:19-21
The works of the flesh include these kinds of sins.
2 Timothy 3:5
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.
Acts 8:22
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness.
Ezekiel 18:23
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die… and not that he should return from his ways and live?
Revelation 1:18
Jesus explicitly claims the keys of death and Hades.
John 3:19
Men loved darkness rather than light...
Romans 1:25
Worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator…
Matthew 23:35-36
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth...
Jeremiah 3:6
Israel hath committed adultery with many lovers.
Malachi 3:8
Will a man rob God?
Matthew 21:13
My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.