Cross references
Revelation 9:3
And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
Revelation 9:3 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Joel 1:4 (5 votes) and Revelation 9:5 (5 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Exodus 10 to Revelation 9.
Which verses does Revelation 9:3 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Joel 1:45 votes
What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
- Revelation 9:55 votes
The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.
- Deuteronomy 8:153 votes
He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
- Joel 2:253 votes
I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.
- Exodus 10:4–152 votes
But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow. They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields. …
- Judges 7:122 votes
Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
- 1 Kings 12:112 votes
Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
- Revelation 9:10–112 votes
They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months. They were ruled by a king, the angel of the Abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek it is Apollyon.
- Isaiah 33:41 vote
Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
- Ezekiel 2:61 vote
But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.
- Nahum 3:151 vote
- Nahum 3:171 vote
Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.
- Luke 10:191 vote
Which verses point to Revelation 9:3?
The 10 strongest of 15.