Cross references

Revelation 12:17

And the dragon was enraged at the woman and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.

And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.

Revelation 12:17 BSB
  1. a Literally And he stood on the sand of the sea. BYZ and TR And I stood on the sand of the sea. Some texts number this sentence as verse 18; others include it with Revelation 13:1.

Revelation 12:17 has 25 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 24 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Revelation 14:12 (22 votes) and Genesis 3:15 (18 votes). 26 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22.

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Which verses does Revelation 12:17 point to?

The 20 strongest of 25, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

  2. Genesis 3:1518 votes

    And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

  3. who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

  4. And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.

  5. So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

  6. When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.

  7. Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

  8. This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it. And the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings. …

  9. John 8:446 votes

    You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

  10. 1 John 2:36 votes

    By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.

  11. 1 John 5:26 votes
  12. They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death. Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”

  13. Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.

Which verses point to Revelation 12:17?

The 10 strongest of 26.