The Portent
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Bible References
Chapter 35
Romans 10:18 But I say, they have not heard, have they? On the contrary,
“Their voice has gone out to all the earth,
and their words to the ends of the inhabited world.”
Numbers 24:17 I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near;
a star will go out from Jacob,
and a scepter will rise from Israel;
it will crush the foreheads of Moab
and destroy all the children of Seth.
Chapter 49
2 Thessalonians 2:8 and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth, and wipe out by the appearance of his coming,
Chapter 50
Isaiah 40:5 And the glory of Yahweh shall be revealed,
and all humankind together shall see it,
for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.”
Chapter 56
Isaiah 40:25–26 “And to whom you will compare me, and am I equal?” says the holy one.
26 Lift your eyes up on high, and see! Who created these?
The one who brings out their host by number.
He calls all them by name.
Because he is great of power
and mighty of power, not one is missing.
Psalm 2:5 Then he speaks to them in his wrath,
and in his fury he terrifies them:
Psalm 2:9 You will break them with an iron rod.
Like a potter’s vessel you will shatter them.”
Romans 10:18 But I say, they have not heard, have they? On the contrary,
“Their voice has gone out to all the earth,
and their words to the ends of the inhabited world.”
Psalm 19:4 Yet in all the world their line goes out,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has pitched a tent for the sun,
Isaiah 40:5 And the glory of Yahweh shall be revealed,
and all humankind together shall see it,
for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.”
Psalm 19:4 Yet in all the world their line goes out,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has pitched a tent for the sun,
Revelation 12:1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun and with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars,
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look! the virgin is with child and she is about to give birth to a son, and she shall call his name ‘God with us.’
Revelation 5:5 And one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.
2 Peter 1:19 and we possess as more reliable the prophetic word, to which you do well if you pay attention to it as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
Revelation 22:16 “I, Jesus, sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
Revelation 2:28 as I also have received from my Father, and I will give him the morning star.
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.
Hebrews 1:2 in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the world,
Isaiah 60:3 And nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the bright light of your sunrise.
Romans 10:18 But I say, they have not heard, have they? On the contrary,
“Their voice has gone out to all the earth,
and their words to the ends of the inhabited world.”
Isaiah 40:5 And the glory of Yahweh shall be revealed,
and all humankind together shall see it,
for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.”
Romans 10:18 But I say, they have not heard, have they? On the contrary,
“Their voice has gone out to all the earth,
and their words to the ends of the inhabited world.”
Chapter 57
Genesis 7:6 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood waters came upon the earth.
Genesis 8:13–14 And it happened that, in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters dried up from upon the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked. And behold, the face of the ground was dried up. 14 And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
Genesis 7:6 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood waters came upon the earth.
Ruth 2:5 And Boaz said to his servant in charge of the reapers, “To whom does this young woman belong?”
Ruth 2:1 Now Naomi had a relative of her husband, a prominent rich man from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.
Genesis 6:4 The Nephilim were upon the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God went into the daughters of humankind, and they bore children to them. These were the mighty warriors that were from ancient times, men of renown.
Deuteronomy 2:10–11 (The Emim previously lived in it, a people large, numerous, and tall, like the Anakites. 11 They were reckoned also as Rephaim as the Anakites were; but the Moabites called them Emim.
1 Chronicles 3:5 And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four by Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel;
Chapter 66
Psalm 116:15 Costly in Yahweh’s view is
the death of his faithful ones.
Chapter 67
Matthew 24:37 For just as the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.
Matthew 24:40–41 Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left.
Matthew 24:38 For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered into the ark.
Matthew 24:38 For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered into the ark.
Matthew 24:41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left.
Daniel 2:43 And in that you saw the iron was mixed with wet clay, so they will mix in marriage and they will not cling to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.
Daniel 2:43 And in that you saw the iron was mixed with wet clay, so they will mix in marriage and they will not cling to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.
Daniel 2:43 And in that you saw the iron was mixed with wet clay, so they will mix in marriage and they will not cling to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.
Daniel 2:43 And in that you saw the iron was mixed with wet clay, so they will mix in marriage and they will not cling to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.
Daniel 2:41 And just as you saw the feet and the toes, partly potter’s clay and partly iron, it will be a divided kingdom; and some hardness of the iron will be in it, just as you have seen the iron mixed with the wet clay.
Daniel 2:43 And in that you saw the iron was mixed with wet clay, so they will mix in marriage and they will not cling to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.
Daniel 2:42 And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so part of the kingdom will be strong and partly brittle.
Chapter 68
Jeremiah 47:4 Because of the day that
is coming
to destroy all the Philistines,
to cut off from Tyre and from Sidon
every survivor who could help,
for Yahweh is destroying the Philistines,
the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.
Amos 9:7 “Are you not like the Cushites to me, O people of Israel?” declares Yahweh. “Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?
Numbers 13:33 There we saw the Nephilim (the descendants of Anak came from the Nephilim), and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their eyes.”
Joshua 11:22 None of the Anakites were left in the land of the Israelites; some remained only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.
Joshua 14:15 And the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath Arba; Arba was the greatest person among the Anakites. And the land rested from war.
Amos 2:9–10 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, who was as tall as cedars and was as strong as the oaks. I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath. 10 And I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and I led you in the wilderness forty years to take possession of the land of the Amorite.
John 7:40–41 Then, when they heard these words, some from the crowd began to say, “This man is truly the Prophet!” 41 Others were saying, “This man is the Christ!” But others were saying, “No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he?
Mark 12:35–37 And continuing, Jesus said while teaching in the temple courts, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is David’s son? 36 David himself said by the Holy Spirit,
‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies
under your feet.” ’
37 David himself calls him ‘Lord,’ and how is he his son?” And the large crowd was listening to him gladly.
John 7:40–41 Then, when they heard these words, some from the crowd began to say, “This man is truly the Prophet!” 41 Others were saying, “This man is the Christ!” But others were saying, “No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he?
Micah 5:2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
too small to be among the clans of Judah,
from you one will go out for me,
to be ruler in Israel;
and his origins are from of old,
from ancient days.
John 7:41 Others were saying, “This man is the Christ!” But others were saying, “No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he?
Mark 12:35 And continuing, Jesus said while teaching in the temple courts, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is David’s son?
Chapter 70
Matthew 24:30 And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Chapter 78
John 11:25–26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die forever. Do you believe this?”
Chapter 79
2 Corinthians 1:9 But we ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we would not be putting confidence in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,
Chapter 80
Deuteronomy 32:43 Call for songs of joy, O nations, concerning his people,
for the blood of his servants he will avenge,
and he will take reprisals against his foes,
and he will make atonement for his land, his people.”