Cross references

Revelation 12:4

His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.

Revelation 12:4 BSB

Revelation 12:4 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Daniel 8:9–12 (10 votes) and Revelation 12:9 (8 votes). 29 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Exodus 1 to Revelation 17.

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Which verses does Revelation 12:4 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. From one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land. It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth and trampled them. …

  2. And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

  3. 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.

  4. She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth. Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.

  5. “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”

  6. When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. …

  7. Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

  8. Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.

  9. They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.

  10. For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.

Which verses point to Revelation 12:4?

The 10 strongest of 29.