Cross references

Revelation 16:3

And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.

Revelation 16:3 BSB

Revelation 16:3 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Exodus 7:17–21 (6 votes) and Revelation 8:8–9 (6 votes). 30 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 7 to Revelation 22.

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Which verses does Revelation 16:3 point to?

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

  1. This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood. The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’” …

  2. Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

  3. These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.

  4. He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink.

  5. He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.

  6. Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

  7. And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.

  8. He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.

  9. Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.

Which verses point to Revelation 16:3?

The 10 strongest of 30.