Bible Cross References
the merchants
Revelation 18:3
For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the wealth of her luxury."
Revelation 18:9
"The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her shall weep and mourn over her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
Revelation 18:15
The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, shall stand at afar on account of the fear of her torment, both weeping and sorrowing,
Revelation 18:20
"Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her!"
Revelation 18:23
And the light of a lamp shall by no means shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and of a bride shall by no means be heard in you anymore. Your merchants were the magnates of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
Revelation 13:16
And he causes all, small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, that they should receive marks on their right hand, or on their foreheads,
Revelation 13:17
and that no one may buy or sell except he that has the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Isaiah 23:1-15
1
The word concerning Tyre. Howl, you ships of Carthage; for she has perished, and [men] no longer arrive from the land of the Citians; she is led captive.
2
To whom have the inhabitants of the island become like, the merchants of Phoenice, passing over the sea
3
in great waters, a generation of merchants? As when the harvest is gathered in, [so are] these traders with the nations.
4
Be ashamed, O Sidon; the sea has said, yea, the strength of the sea has said, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, nor have I brought up young men, nor reared virgins.
5
Moreover when it shall be heard in Egypt, sorrow shall seize them for Tyre.
6
Depart to Carthage. Howl, you that dwell in this island.
7
Was not this your pride from the beginning, before she was given up?
8
Who has devised this counsel against Tyre. Is she inferior? Or has she no strength? Her merchants were the glorious princes of the earth.
9
The Lord of hosts has purposed to bring down all the pride of the glorious ones, and to disgrace every glorious thing on the earth.
10
Till your land; for ships no more come out of Carthage.
11
And your hand prevails no more by sea, which troubled kings; the Lord of hosts has given a command concerning Canaan, to destroy the strength thereof.
12
And [men] shall say, You shall no longer at all continue to insult and injure the daughter of Sidon; and if you depart to the Citians, neither there shall you have rest.
13
And [if you depart] to the land of the Chaldeans, this also is laid waste by the Assyrians, for her wall is fallen.
14
Howl, you ships of Carthage; for your stronghold is destroyed.
15
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] Tyre shall be left seventy years, as the time of a king, as the time of a man; and it shall come to pass after seventy years, [that] Tyre shall be as the song of a harlot.
Isaiah 47:15
these shall be your help. You have wearied yourself with traffic from your youth; every man has wandered to his own home, but you shall have no deliverance.
Ezekiel 26:17-21
17
And they shall take up a lamentation for you, and shall say to you, How are you destroyed from out of the sea, O renowned city, that brought her terror upon all her inhabitants!
18
And the isles shall be alarmed at the day of your fall.
19
For thus says the Lord God: When I shall make the city desolate, as the cities that shall not be inhabited, when I have brought the deep up upon you,
20
and great waters shall cover you, and I shall bring you down to them that go down to the pit, to the people of old time, and shall cause you to dwell in the depths of the earth, as in everlasting desolation, with them that go down to the pit, that you may not be inhabited, nor stand upon the land of life;
21
I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more forever, says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 27:27-36
27
Your forces and your gain, and that of your traders and your rowers, and your pilots and your counselors, and they that traffic with you, and all your warriors that are in you; and all your company in the midst of you shall perish in the heart of the sea, in the day of your fall.
28
At the cry of your voice your pilots shall be greatly terrified;
29
and all the rowers and the mariners shall come down from the ships, and the pilots of the sea shall stand on the land.
30
And they shall wail over you with their voice, and cry bitterly, and put earth on their heads, and spread ashes under them.
31
[This translation omits this verse.]
32
And their sons shall take up a [lament] for you, even a lamentation for Tyre, [saying],
33
How large a reward have you gained from the sea? You have filled nations out of your abundance; and out of your mixed merchandise you have enriched all the kings of the earth.
34
Now are you broken in the sea, your traders are in the deep water, and all your company in the midst of you; all your rowers have fallen.
35
All the dwellers in the islands have mourned over you, and their kings have been utterly amazed, and their countenance has wept.
36
Merchants from the nations have hissed at you; you are utterly destroyed, and shall not be any more forever.
Zephaniah 1:11
Lament, you that inhabit the [city] that has been broken down, for all the people have become like Canaan; and all that were exalted by silver have been utterly destroyed.
Zephaniah 1:18
And their silver and their gold shall by no means be able to rescue them in the day of the Lord's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealously; for He will bring a speedy destruction on all them that inhabit the land.
buyeth
Proverbs 3:14
For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver.
Matthew 22:5
"But not caring, they went away, one to his own field, another to his business.
John 2:16
And He said to those selling the doves, "Take these things [away] from here! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!"
2 Peter 2:3
And by covetousness they will exploit you with fabricated words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction will not sleep.