Revelation 6:3-5

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³ When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, “Come!”^{[a] 4} And out came^[b] another horse, bright red; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another; and he was given a great sword.

⁵ When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, “Come!”^[c] I looked, and there was a black horse! Its rider held a pair of scales in his hand,