Bible Cross References
the earth
Jeremiah 4:23-26
23
I looked at the earth---it was a barren waste; at the sky---there was no light.
24
I looked at the mountains---they were shaking, and the hills were rocking back and forth.
25
I saw that there were no people; even the birds had flown away.
26
The fertile land had become a desert; its cities were in ruins because of the LORD's fierce anger.
Jeremiah 12:4
How long will our land be dry, and the grass in every field be withered? Animals and birds are dying because of the wickedness of our people, people who say, 'God doesn't see what we are doing.' "
Jeremiah 23:10
The land is full of people unfaithful to the LORD; they live wicked lives and misuse their power. Because of the LORD's curse the land mourns and the pastures are dry.
Isaiah 24:4
The earth dries up and withers; the whole world grows weak; both earth and sky decay.
Isaiah 33:8
The highways are so dangerous that no one travels on them. Treaties are broken and agreements are violated. No one is respected any more.
Isaiah 33:9
The land lies idle and deserted. The forests of Lebanon have withered, the fertile valley of Sharon is like a desert, and in Bashan and on Mount Carmel the leaves are falling from the trees.
Hosea 4:3
And so the land will dry up, and everything that lives on it will die. All the animals and birds, and even the fish, will die."
Joel 1:10
The fields are bare; the ground mourns because the grain is destroyed, the grapes are dried up, and the olive trees are withered.
the heavens
Isaiah 5:30
When that day comes, they will roar over Israel as loudly as the sea. Look at this country! Darkness and distress! The light is swallowed by darkness.
Isaiah 34:4
The sun, moon, and stars will crumble to dust. The sky will disappear like a scroll being rolled up, and the stars will fall like leaves dropping from a vine or a fig tree.
Isaiah 50:3
I can make the sky turn dark, as if it were in mourning for the dead."
Joel 2:30
"I will give warnings of that day in the sky and on the earth; there will be bloodshed, fire, and clouds of smoke.
Joel 2:31
The sun will be darkened, and the moon will turn red as blood before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.
Matthew 27:45
At noon the whole country was covered with darkness, which lasted for three hours.
Mark 15:33
At noon the whole country was covered with darkness, which lasted for three hours.
Luke 23:44
It was about twelve o'clock when the sun stopped shining and darkness covered the whole country until three o'clock; and the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two.
Revelation 6:12
And I saw the Lamb break open the sixth seal. There was a violent earthquake, and the sun became black like coarse black cloth, and the moon turned completely red like blood.
because
Jeremiah 7:16
The LORD said, "Jeremiah, do not pray for these people. Do not cry or pray on their behalf; do not plead with me, for I will not listen to you.
Jeremiah 14:11
The LORD said to me, "Do not ask me to help these people.
Jeremiah 14:12
Even if they fast, I will not listen to their cry for help; and even if they offer me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not be pleased with them. Instead, I will kill them in war and by starvation and disease."
Jeremiah 15:1-9
1
Then the LORD said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel were standing here pleading with me, I would not show these people any mercy. Make them go away; make them get out of my sight.
2
When they ask you where they should go, tell them that I have said: Some are doomed to die by disease--- that's where they will go! Others are doomed to die in war--- that's where they will go! Some are doomed to die of starvation--- that's where they will go! Others are doomed to be taken away as prisoners--- that's where they will go!
3
I, the LORD, have decided that four terrible things will happen to them: they will be killed in war; their bodies will be dragged off by dogs; birds will eat them, and wild animals will devour what is left over.
4
I will make all the people of the world horrified at them because of what Hezekiah's son Manasseh did in Jerusalem when he was king of Judah."
5
The LORD says, "Who will pity you, people of Jerusalem, and who will grieve over you? Who will stop long enough to ask how you are?
6
You people have rejected me; you have turned your backs on me. So I reached out and crushed you because I was tired of controlling my anger.
7
In every town in the land I threw you to the wind like straw. I destroyed you, my people, I killed your children because you did not stop your evil ways.
8
There are more widows in your land than grains of sand by the sea. I killed your young men in their prime and made their mothers suffer. I suddenly struck them with anguish and terror.
9
The mother who lost her seven children has fainted, gasping for breath. Her daylight has turned to darkness; she is disgraced and sick at heart. I will let your enemies kill those of you who are still alive. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Numbers 23:19
God is not like people, who lie; He is not a human who changes his mind. Whatever he promises, he does; He speaks, and it is done.
1 Samuel 15:29
Israel's majestic God does not lie or change his mind. He is not a human being---he does not change his mind."
Isaiah 14:24-27
24
The LORD Almighty has sworn an oath: "What I have planned will happen. What I have determined to do will be done.
25
I will destroy the Assyrians in my land of Israel and trample them on my mountains. I will free my people from the Assyrian yoke and from the burdens they have had to bear.
26
This is my plan for the world, and my arm is stretched out to punish the nations."
27
The LORD Almighty is determined to do this; he has stretched out his arm to punish, and no one can stop him.
Isaiah 46:10
From the beginning I predicted the outcome; long ago I foretold what would happen. I said that my plans would never fail, that I would do everything I intended to do.
Isaiah 46:11
I am calling a man to come from the east; he will swoop down like a hawk and accomplish what I have planned. I have spoken, and it will be done.
Ezekiel 24:14
I, the LORD, have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not ignore your sins or show pity or be merciful. You will be punished for what you have done." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
Hosea 13:14
I will not save this people from the world of the dead or rescue them from the power of death. Bring on your plagues, death! Bring on your destruction, world of the dead! I will no longer have pity for this people.
Ephesians 1:9
God did what he had purposed, and made known to us the secret plan he had already decided to complete by means of Christ.
Ephesians 1:11
All things are done according to God's plan and decision; and God chose us to be his own people in union with Christ because of his own purpose, based on what he had decided from the very beginning.
Hebrews 7:21
But Jesus became a priest by means of a vow when God said to him, "The Lord has made a solemn promise and will not take it back: 'You will be a priest forever.' "