Cross references

Revelation 16:6

For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets,

and You have given them blood to drink,

as they deserve.”

Revelation 16:6 BSB

Revelation 16:6 has 22 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 49:26 (10 votes) and Revelation 6:10–11 (7 votes). 93 other verses point back to it. It links with 24 other books, from Genesis 19 to Revelation 22.

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Which verses does Revelation 16:6 point to?

The 20 strongest of 22, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Isaiah 49:2610 votes

    I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

  2. And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?” Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.

  3. The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

  4. Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’ As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,

  5. And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.

  6. and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.

  7. And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. …

  8. The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.

  9. I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her. “Why are you so amazed?” said the angel. “I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.

  10. But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.

  11. “If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.

  12. For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

Which verses point to Revelation 16:6?

The 10 strongest of 93.