Bible Cross References
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Zechariah 1:21
I asked, "What have they come to do?" He answered, "They have come to terrify and overthrow the nations that completely crushed the land of Judah and scattered its people."
Zechariah 10:3-7
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The LORD says, "I am angry with those foreigners who rule my people, and I am going to punish them. The people of Judah are mine, and I, the LORD Almighty, will take care of them. They will be my powerful war-horses.
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From among them will come rulers, leaders, and commanders to govern my people.
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The people of Judah will be victorious like soldiers who trample their enemies in the mud of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will defeat even the enemy cavalry.
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"I will make the people of Judah strong; I will rescue the people of Israel. I will have compassion on them and bring them all back home. They will be as though I had never rejected them. I am the LORD their God; I will answer their prayers.
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The people of Israel will be strong like soldiers, happy like those who have been drinking wine. Their descendants will remember this victory and be glad because of what the LORD has done.
Zechariah 12:2-8
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"I will make Jerusalem like a cup of wine; the nations around her will drink and stagger like drunks. And when they besiege Jerusalem, the cities of the rest of Judah will also be besieged.
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But when that time comes, I will make Jerusalem like a heavy stone---any nation that tries to lift it will be hurt. All the nations of the world will join forces to attack her.
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At that time I will terrify all their horses and make all their riders go crazy. I will watch over the people of Judah, but I will make the horses of their enemies blind.
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Then the clans of Judah will say to themselves, 'The LORD God Almighty gives strength to his people who live in Jerusalem.'
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"At that time I will make the clans of Judah like a fire in a forest or in a field of ripe grain---they will destroy all the surrounding nations. The people of Jerusalem will remain safe in the city.
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"I, the LORD, will give victory to the armies of Judah first, so that the honor which the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem will receive will be no greater than that of the rest of Judah.
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At that time the LORD will protect those who live in Jerusalem, and even the weakest among them will become as strong as David was. The descendants of David will lead them like the angel of the LORD, like God himself.
Micah 5:4-9
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When he comes, he will rule his people with the strength that comes from the LORD and with the majesty of the LORD God himself. His people will live in safety because people all over the earth will acknowledge his greatness,
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and he will bring peace. When the Assyrians invade our country and break through our defenses, we will send our strongest leaders to fight them.
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By force of arms they will conquer Assyria, the land of Nimrod, and they will save us from the Assyrians when they invade our territory.
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The people of Israel who survive will be like refreshing dew sent by the LORD for many nations, like showers on growing plants. They will depend on God, not people.
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Those who are left among the nations will be like a lion hunting for food in a forest or a pasture: it gets in among the sheep, pounces on them, and tears them to pieces---and there is no hope of rescue.
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Israel will conquer her enemies and destroy them all.
Revelation 17:14
They will fight against the Lamb; but the Lamb, together with his called, chosen, and faithful followers, will defeat them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings."
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Psalm 49:2-9
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great and small alike, rich and poor together.
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My thoughts will be clear; I will speak words of wisdom.
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I will turn my attention to proverbs and explain their meaning as I play the harp.
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I am not afraid in times of danger when I am surrounded by enemies,
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by evil people who trust in their riches and boast of their great wealth.
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We can never redeem ourselves; we cannot pay God the price for our lives,
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because the payment for a human life is too great. What we could pay would never be enough
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to keep us from the grave, to let us live forever.
Lamentations 4:2
Zion's young people were as precious to us as gold, but now they are treated like common clay pots.
Amos 2:11
I chose some of your sons to be prophets and some of your young men to be nazirites. Isn't this true, people of Israel? I, the LORD, have spoken.
Obadiah 1:21
The victorious men of Jerusalem will attack Edom and rule over it. And the LORD himself will be king."
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Daniel 8:21-25
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The goat represents the kingdom of Greece, and the prominent horn between his eyes is the first king.
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The four horns that came up when the first horn was broken represent the four kingdoms into which that nation will be divided and which will not be as strong as the first kingdom.
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"When the end of those kingdoms is near and they have become so wicked that they must be punished, there will be a stubborn, vicious, and deceitful king.
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He will grow strong---but not by his own power. He will cause terrible destruction and be successful in everything he does. He will bring destruction on powerful men and on God's own people.
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Because he is cunning, he will succeed in his deceitful ways. He will be proud of himself and destroy many people without warning. He will even defy the greatest King of all, but he will be destroyed without the use of any human power.
Daniel 11:32-34
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By deceit the king will win the support of those who have already abandoned their religion, but those who follow God will fight back.
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Wise leaders of the people will share their wisdom with many others. But for a while some of them will be killed in battle or be burned to death, and some will be robbed and made prisoners.
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While the killing is going on, God's people will receive a little help, even though many who join them will do so for selfish reasons.
Joel 3:6-8
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You have taken the people of Judah and Jerusalem far from their own country and sold them to the Greeks.
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Now I am going to bring them out of the places to which you have sold them. I will do to you what you have done to them.
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I will let your sons and daughters be sold to the people of Judah; they will sell them to the far-off Sabeans. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Micah 4:2
and their people will say, "Let us go up the hill of the LORD, to the Temple of Israel's God. He will teach us what he wants us to do; we will walk in the paths he has chosen. For the LORD's teaching comes from Jerusalem; from Zion he speaks to his people."
Micah 4:3
He will settle disputes among the nations, among the great powers near and far. They will hammer their swords into plows and their spears into pruning knives. Nations will never again go to war, never prepare for battle again.
Mark 16:15-20
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He said to them, "Go throughout the whole world and preach the gospel to all people.
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Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.
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Believers will be given the power to perform miracles: they will drive out demons in my name; they will speak in strange tongues;
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if they pick up snakes or drink any poison, they will not be harmed; they will place their hands on sick people, and these will get well."
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After the Lord Jesus had talked with them, he was taken up to heaven and sat at the right side of God.
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The disciples went and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and proved that their preaching was true by the miracles that were performed.]
Romans 15:16-20
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of being a servant of Christ Jesus to work for the Gentiles. I serve like a priest in preaching the Good News from God, in order that the Gentiles may be an offering acceptable to God, dedicated to him by the Holy Spirit.
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In union with Christ Jesus, then, I can be proud of my service for God.
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I will be bold and speak only about what Christ has done through me to lead the Gentiles to obey God. He has done this by means of words and deeds,
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by the power of miracles and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. And so, in traveling all the way from Jerusalem to Illyricum, I have proclaimed fully the Good News about Christ.
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My ambition has always been to proclaim the Good News in places where Christ has not been heard of, so as not to build on a foundation laid by someone else.
1 Corinthians 1:21-28
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For God in his wisdom made it impossible for people to know him by means of their own wisdom. Instead, by means of the so-called "foolish" message we preach, God decided to save those who believe.
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Jews want miracles for proof, and Greeks look for wisdom.
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As for us, we proclaim the crucified Christ, a message that is offensive to the Jews and nonsense to the Gentiles;
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but for those whom God has called, both Jews and Gentiles, this message is Christ, who is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
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For what seems to be God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and what seems to be God's weakness is stronger than human strength.
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Now remember what you were, my friends, when God called you. From the human point of view few of you were wise or powerful or of high social standing.
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God purposely chose what the world considers nonsense in order to shame the wise, and he chose what the world considers weak in order to shame the powerful.
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He chose what the world looks down on and despises and thinks is nothing, in order to destroy what the world thinks is important.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
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It is true that we live in the world, but we do not fight from worldly motives.
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The weapons we use in our fight are not the world's weapons but God's powerful weapons, which we use to destroy strongholds. We destroy false arguments;
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we pull down every proud obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God; we take every thought captive and make it obey Christ.
2 Timothy 4:7
I have done my best in the race, I have run the full distance, and I have kept the faith.
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Zechariah 12:8
At that time the LORD will protect those who live in Jerusalem, and even the weakest among them will become as strong as David was. The descendants of David will lead them like the angel of the LORD, like God himself.
Psalm 18:32-35
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He is the God who makes me strong, who makes my pathway safe.
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He makes me sure-footed as a deer; he keeps me safe on the mountains.
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He trains me for battle, so that I can use the strongest bow.
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O LORD, you protect me and save me; your care has made me great, and your power has kept me safe.
Psalm 45:3
Buckle on your sword, mighty king; you are glorious and majestic.
Psalm 144:1
Praise the LORD, my protector! He trains me for battle and prepares me for war.
Psalm 149:6
Let them shout aloud as they praise God, with their sharp swords in their hands
Isaiah 41:15
I will make you like a threshing board, with spikes that are new and sharp. You will thresh mountains and destroy them; hills will crumble into dust.
Isaiah 41:16
You will toss them in the air; the wind will carry them off, and they will be scattered by the storm. Then you will be happy because I am your God; you will praise me, the holy God of Israel.
Isaiah 49:2
He made my words as sharp as a sword. With his own hand he protected me. He made me like an arrow, sharp and ready for use.
Ephesians 6:17
And accept salvation as a helmet, and the word of God as the sword which the Spirit gives you.
Hebrews 4:12
The word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It cuts all the way through, to where soul and spirit meet, to where joints and marrow come together. It judges the desires and thoughts of the heart.
Revelation 1:16
He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth. His face was as bright as the midday sun.
Revelation 2:12
"To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: "This is the message from the one who has the sharp two-edged sword.
Revelation 19:15
Out of his mouth came a sharp sword, with which he will defeat the nations. He will rule over them with a rod of iron, and he will trample out the wine in the wine press of the furious anger of the Almighty God.
Revelation 19:21
Their armies were killed by the sword that comes out of the mouth of the one who was riding the horse; and all the birds ate all they could of their flesh.