Revelation 6:8
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8 And I looked, and behold, (A)a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill (B)with sword and with famine and with pestilence and (C)by wild beasts of the earth.
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Hosea 13:14
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14 (A)I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol;
(B)I shall redeem them from Death.[a]
(C)O (D)Death, where are your plagues?
(E)O (F)Sheol, where is your sting?
(G)Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
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- Hosea 13:14 Or Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death?
Jeremiah 15:2-3
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2 And when they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord:
(A)“‘Those who are for pestilence, to pestilence,
and those who are for the sword, to the sword;
those who are for famine, to famine,
and those who are for captivity, to captivity.’
3 (B)I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the Lord: the sword to kill, the dogs to tear, and (C)the birds of the air (D)and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
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Zechariah 6:3
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3 the third (A)white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses—all of them strong.[a]
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- Zechariah 6:3 Or and the fourth chariot strong dappled horses
Jeremiah 16:4
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4 (A)They shall die of deadly diseases. (B)They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried. (C)They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. (D)They shall perish by the sword and by famine, (E)and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.
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Revelation 9:18
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18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths.
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Revelation 1:18
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18 and the living one. (A)I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and (B)I have the keys of Death and Hades.
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Revelation 20:13-14
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13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, (A)Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, (B)according to what they had done. 14 Then (C)Death and Hades (D)were thrown into the lake of fire. This is (E)the second death, the lake of fire.
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Revelation 9:15
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15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released (A)to kill a third of mankind.
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Revelation 8:7-12
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7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed (A)hail and (B)fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a (C)third of the earth was burned up, and a third of (D)the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like (E)a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea (F)became blood. 9 A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of (G)the ships were destroyed.
10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and (H)a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on (I)the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood.[a] A third of the waters (J)became wormwood, and many people died from the water, (K)because it had been made bitter.
12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of (L)the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.
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- Revelation 8:11 Wormwood is the name of a plant and of the bitter-tasting extract derived from it
Ezekiel 14:13-21
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13 (A)“Son of man, when a land sins against me (B)by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it and (C)break its supply[a] of bread and send famine upon it, and (D)cut off from it man and beast, 14 (E)even if these three men, (F)Noah, (G)Daniel, and (H)Job, were in it, (I)they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord God.
15 (J)“If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, (K)and it be made desolate, so that no one may pass through because of the beasts, 16 even if these three men were in it, (L)as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters. They alone would be delivered, but (M)the land would be desolate.
17 “Or (N)if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Let a sword pass through the land, (O)and I cut off from it man and beast, 18 (P)though these three men were in it, as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they alone would be delivered.
19 “Or (Q)if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out my wrath upon it with blood, to cut off from it man and beast, 20 even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither son nor daughter. They would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness.
21 “For thus says the Lord God: How much more (R)when I send upon Jerusalem my four disastrous acts of judgment, (S)sword, (T)famine, (U)wild beasts, and (V)pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!
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- Ezekiel 14:13 Hebrew staff
Ezekiel 5:12
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12 (A)A third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; (B)a third part shall fall by the sword all around you; (C)and a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.
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Ezekiel 5:15-17
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15 You shall be[a] a reproach and a taunt, a warning (A)and a horror, to (B)the nations all around you, (C)when I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and (D)with furious rebukes—I am the Lord; I have spoken— 16 when I send against you[b] (E)the deadly arrows of famine, arrows for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, and when I bring more and more famine upon (F)you and break your supply[c] of bread. 17 I will send famine and (G)wild beasts against you, (H)and they will rob you of your children. Pestilence and (I)blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I am the Lord; I have spoken.”
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- Ezekiel 5:15 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; Masoretic Text And it shall be
- Ezekiel 5:16 Hebrew them
- Ezekiel 5:16 Hebrew staff
Isaiah 25:8
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8 (A)He will swallow up death forever;
and (B)the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
and (C)the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
(D)for the Lord has spoken.
1 Corinthians 15:55
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55 (A)“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
Matthew 11:23
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23 And you, (A)Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to (B)Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
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Habakkuk 2:5
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5 “Moreover, wine[a] is (A)a traitor,
an arrogant man who is never at rest.[b]
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
like death (B)he has never enough.
(C)He gathers for himself all nations
and collects as his own all peoples.”
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll wealth
- Habakkuk 2:5 The meaning of the Hebrew of these two lines is uncertain
Jeremiah 43:11
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11 He shall come (A)and strike the land of Egypt, (B)giving over to the pestilence those who are doomed to the pestilence, to captivity those who are doomed to captivity, and to the sword those who are doomed to the sword.
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Jeremiah 16:16
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16 “Behold, (A)I am sending for many fishers, declares the Lord, and they shall catch them. And afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out (B)of the clefts of the rocks.
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Leviticus 26:22-33
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22 And (A)I will let loose the wild beasts against you, which shall bereave you of your children and destroy your livestock and make you few in number, so that (B)your roads shall be deserted.
23 “And (C)if by this discipline you are not turned to me (D)but walk contrary to me, 24 (E)then I also will walk contrary to you, and I myself will strike you sevenfold for your sins. 25 And (F)I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute vengeance for the covenant. And if you gather within your cities, (G)I will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26 (H)When I break your supply[a] of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in a single oven and shall dole out your bread again by weight, and (I)you shall eat and not be satisfied.
27 “But (J)if in spite of this you will not listen to me, but walk contrary to me, 28 then I will walk contrary to you (K)in fury, and I myself will discipline you (L)sevenfold for your sins. 29 (M)You shall eat the flesh of your sons, and you shall eat the flesh of your daughters. 30 And (N)I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars and (O)cast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your idols, and my soul will abhor you. 31 And I will (P)lay your cities waste and will (Q)make your sanctuaries desolate, and (R)I will not smell your pleasing aromas. 32 And (S)I myself will devastate the land, so that your enemies who settle in it shall be (T)appalled at it. 33 And (U)I will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
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- Leviticus 26:26 Hebrew staff
Proverbs 5:5
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- Proverbs 5:5 Hebrew lay hold of
Revelation 12:4
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4 His tail swept down (A)a third of the stars of heaven and (B)cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child (C)he might devour it.
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