Cross references
Revelation 16:15
“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
Revelation 16:15 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 18 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3 (26 votes) and Matthew 24:42–43 (21 votes). 53 other verses point back to it. It links with 23 other books, from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22.
Which verses does Revelation 16:15 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2–326 votes
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- Matthew 24:42–4321 votes
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come. But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
- 2 Peter 3:1018 votes
But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
- Revelation 3:1818 votes
I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
- Revelation 3:3–417 votes
Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you. But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.
- Luke 12:37–4316 votes
Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them. Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed. …
- Matthew 25:1315 votes
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
- Mark 13:33–3714 votes
Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come. It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch. …
- 2 Corinthians 5:312 votes
because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.
- Mark 14:3811 votes
Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
- Luke 21:3611 votes
- Isaiah 47:38 votes
- Matthew 26:418 votes
- Acts 20:318 votes
- 1 Thessalonians 5:68 votes
- 1 Peter 4:78 votes
- Ezekiel 16:375 votes
- Habakkuk 2:154 votes
- Exodus 32:253 votes
- Hosea 2:33 votes
Which verses point to Revelation 16:15?
The 10 strongest of 53.