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Revelation 7:11After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so no wind could blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 24:31Dan 7:2Jer 49:36Mark 13:27Dan 8:8Ezek 37:9Ezek 7:2Isa 27:8Isa 11:12Rev 9:14
Revelation 7:22Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, who had the seal of the living God. He shouted out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given permission to damage the earth and the sea:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 1:22Eph 4:30Rev 7:3-82 Tim 2:19Eph 1:13Rev 9:4Rev 5:2John 6:27Rev 1:3Rev 8:7-12
Revelation 7:33“Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 9:4Rev 22:4Rev 9:4Rev 13:16Exod 12:13Rev 14:1Rev 20:4Isa 26:20-21Isa 54:17Exod 12:23
Revelation 7:44Now I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, 144,000, sealed from all the tribes of the people of Israel:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 14:1Rev 14:3Luke 22:30Matt 19:28Acts 26:7Ezek 48:31Jas 1:1Rev 9:16Rom 11:5-6Rom 9:27
Revelation 7:55From the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 1:2-4Num 1:4-15Num 10:14-27Num 13:4-161 Cor 2:1-2
Revelation 7:66from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 2:36
Revelation 7:77from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 35:23Num 26:14Exod 6:16Gen 29:34Gen 30:18Gen 49:5Judg 1:3Num 1:22Num 25:14Josh 19:1
Revelation 7:88from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
Revelation 7:99After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 5:9John 12:13Ps 117:1-2Rev 7:13-15Ps 2:8Rev 6:11Zech 2:11Isa 60:1-14Rev 3:4-5Isa 49:6-8
Revelation 7:1010They were shouting out in a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 19:1Ps 3:8Isa 45:21Rev 12:10Eph 2:8Rev 22:3Isa 43:11John 1:29Luke 3:6Jer 3:23
Revelation 7:1111And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 5:11-13Rev 19:4-6Rev 4:10Rev 4:6Heb 1:6Ps 103:20-21Ps 148:1-2Rev 11:16Rev 4:4John 5:23
Revelation 7:1212saying, “Amen! Praise and glory, and wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 5:12-14Jude 1:25Col 3:17Ps 100:4Rev 19:4Jonah 2:9Ps 107:22Ps 147:7Ps 72:19Ps 89:52
Revelation 7:1313Then one of the elders asked me, “These dressed in long white robes—who are they and where have they come from?”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 7:9Rev 4:10Rev 5:11Rev 5:5John 7:28Judg 13:6Rev 4:4
Revelation 7:1414So I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 1:7Rev 22:14Heb 13:12Rev 1:5Rev 12:11Heb 9:14Isa 1:181 Pet 1:19Eph 5:26-27Zech 3:3-5
Revelation 7:1515For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 21:3-4Rev 22:32 Cor 6:16Isa 4:5-61 Chr 23:25Heb 12:2John 1:141 Cor 3:161 Kgs 6:13Exod 29:45
Revelation 7:1616They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 49:10John 4:14Matt 5:6Ps 121:6Luke 6:21Rev 21:4Isa 41:17Isa 25:4Luke 1:53Isa 4:5-6
Revelation 7:1717because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 7:37-38Ps 36:8-9John 4:14Ps 23:1-2John 4:11Ps 23:5Rev 22:1Rev 21:4Rev 21:6Isa 25:8
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