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Revelation 6:12

And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,

Revelation 6:12 BSB

Revelation 6:12 has 27 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 24:29 (23 votes) and Joel 2:10 (18 votes). 40 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Genesis 1 to Revelation 17.

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Which verses does Revelation 6:12 point to?

The 20 strongest of 27, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Matthew 24:2923 votes

    Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

  2. Joel 2:1018 votes

    Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.

  3. Acts 2:19–2017 votes

    I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

  4. Mark 13:24–2516 votes

    But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

  5. Joel 2:30–3112 votes

    I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

  6. Joel 3:1512 votes

    The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.

  7. Amos 8:910 votes

    And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.

  8. Isaiah 13:9–108 votes

    Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it. For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

  9. Revelation 16:188 votes

    And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake.

  10. Ezekiel 32:7–87 votes

    When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.

  11. Isaiah 50:36 votes
  12. Revelation 11:136 votes
  13. Isaiah 29:65 votes
  14. Haggai 2:6–74 votes
  15. Revelation 8:54 votes
  16. Isaiah 24:233 votes
  17. Haggai 2:21–222 votes
  18. Matthew 24:72 votes
  19. 1 Kings 19:11–131 vote
  20. Isaiah 60:19–201 vote

Which verses point to Revelation 6:12?

The 10 strongest of 40.