Bible Cross References
the merchants
Revelation 18:3
For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual perversities, the kings of the earth have prostituted themselves with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the power of her luxury.
Revelation 18:9
The kings of the earth who prostituted themselves and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
Revelation 18:15
The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance because of the terror of her torment, weeping and wailing,
Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, O Heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!
Revelation 18:23
And the light of a lamp shall not ever shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not ever be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were led astray.
Revelation 13:16
And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,
Revelation 13:17
so that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Isaiah 23:1-15
1
The burden against Tyre: Howl, ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
2
Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, merchants of Sidon, who pass over the sea. They have filled you.
3
And by great waters, the seed of Sihor and the harvest of the River was her revenue; and she is a marketplace for the nations.
4
Be ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea has spoken, the strength of the sea, saying, I have not travailed nor brought forth. I have not nourished young men nor raised up virgins.
5
As the report comes to Egypt, so they shall be writhing in pain at the report of Tyre.
6
Pass over to Tarshish. Howl, you inhabitants of the coast!
7
Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is from ancient days; whose feet carried it to distant lands to sojourn?
8
Who has advised this against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are rulers, whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
9
Jehovah of Hosts has counseled it, to dishonor the pride of all glory and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
10
Pass through your land like a river, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no more strength.
11
He stretched out His hand over the sea; He shook the kingdoms. Jehovah has given a command against the merchant city, to destroy its strongholds.
12
And He said, You shall rejoice no more, O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Kittim; there also you shall have no rest.
13
Behold the land of the Chaldeans, this people which did not exist. Assyria founded it for those who live in the desert. They set up their siege-towers; they stripped its palaces; they made it a ruin.
14
Howl, ships of Tarshish! For your strength is laid waste.
15
And in that day Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years, it shall be for Tyre as the song of a harlot.
Isaiah 47:15
Thus shall they be to you with whom you have labored, your merchants from your youth. They shall wander, each one, to his own region; no one shall save you.
Ezekiel 26:17-21
17
And they will take up a lamentation for you, and say to you: How you have perished, O one inhabited by seafaring men, O renowned city, who was strong at sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!
18
Now the coastlands shall tremble in the day of your fall; Yes, the coastlands by the sea shall be troubled at your departure.
19
For thus says the Lord Jehovah: When I make you a desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon you, and great waters cover you,
20
then I will bring you down with those who descend into the Pit, with the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in places desolate from antiquity, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you may never be inhabited; and I shall establish glory in the land of the living.
21
I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; though you are sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord Jehovah.
Ezekiel 27:27-36
27
Your riches, wares, and merchandise, your mariners and pilots, your caulkers and merchandisers, all your men of war who are in you, and the entire company which is in your midst, will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin.
28
The open lands will shake at the sound of the cry of your sailors.
29
All who handle the oar, the mariners, all the sailors of the sea will come down from their ships and stand on the land.
30
They will make their voice heard because of you; they will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; they will wallow in ashes;
31
and they will shave themselves completely bald because of you, gird themselves with sackcloth, and weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
32
And in their wailing for you they will take up a lamentation, and lament for you: What city is like Tyre, destroyed in the midst of the sea?
33
When your wares went out by sea, you satisfied many people; you enriched the kings of the earth with the abundance of your wealth and your merchandise.
34
But you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the entire company will fall in your midst.
35
All the inhabitants of many shores will be astonished at you; their kings will be in dread, and their countenance will be enraged.
36
The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; you will become a terror, and be no more forever.
Zephaniah 1:11
Howl, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people have perished; all those who carry silver are cut off.
Zephaniah 1:18
Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah. But all the earth shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy. For He shall make a complete and speedy end of all those who live in the land.
buyeth
Proverbs 3:14
for its profit is better than the gain from silver, and its increase more than fine gold.
Matthew 22:5
But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business.
John 2:16
And He said to those who sold doves, Take these things away from here! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!
2 Peter 2:3
By covetousness they will exploit you with well-turned words; whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.