Mark 13:8

American Standard Version (1901)

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be earthquakes in divers places; there shall be famines: these things are the beginning of travail.

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  • Jer 6:24 : 24 We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
  • 2 Chr 15:6 : 6 And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.
  • Isa 19:2 : 2 And I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, [and] kingdom against kingdom.
  • Acts 11:28 : 28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.
  • Rev 6:4 : 4 And another [horse] came forth, a red horse: and to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
  • Isa 37:3 : 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
  • Jer 4:31 : 31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth her hands, [saying], Woe is me now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.
  • Ps 48:6 : 6 Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
  • Jer 13:21 : 21 What wilt thou say, when he shall set over thee as head those whom thou hast thyself taught to be friends to thee? shall not sorrows take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?
  • Jer 22:23 : 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
  • Jer 25:32 : 32 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
  • Jer 49:24 : 24 Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.
  • Jer 50:43 : 43 The king of Babylon hath heard the tidings of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of him, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
  • Mic 4:9-9 : 9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee, is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail? 10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and shalt dwell in the field, and shalt come even unto Babylon: there shalt thou be rescued; there will Jehovah redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
  • Hag 2:22 : 22 and I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms; and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
  • Zech 14:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from Jehovah shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor.
  • Matt 24:8 : 8 But all these things are the beginning of travail.

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    6And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for [these things] must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.

    7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places.

    8But all these things are the beginning of travail.

    9Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.

    10And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.

  • Luke 21:9-12
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    9And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified: for these things must needs come to pass first; but the end is not immediately.

    10Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;

    11and there shall be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there shall be terrors and great signs from heaven.

    12But before all these things, they shall lay their hands on you, and shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.

  • Mark 13:7
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    7And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not troubled: [these things] must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.

  • Mark 13:9-10
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    9But take ye heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in synagogues shall ye be beaten; and before governors and kings shall ye stand for my sake, for a testimony unto them.

    10And the gospel must first be preached unto all the nations.

  • Luke 21:25-26
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    25And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;

    26men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

  • Mark 13:19
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    19For those days shall be tribulation, such as there hath not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never shall be.

  • Mark 13:12-14
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    12And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

    13And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

    14But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not (let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:

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    8and they shall be dismayed; pangs and sorrows shall take hold [of them] ; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail: they shall look in amazement one at another; their faces [shall be] faces of flame.

  • Mark 13:24-25
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    24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

    25and the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.

  • Luke 21:22-23
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    22For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

    23Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.

  • Mark 13:29-30
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    29even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that he is nigh, [even] at the doors.

    30Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, until all these things be accomplished.

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    21And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

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    21for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

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    14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

    15When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand),

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    17But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!

  • Luke 12:53
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    53They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.

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    22and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.

  • Luke 21:7
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    7And they asked him, saying, Teacher, when therefore shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign when these things are about to come to pass?

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    18yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

  • 2 Chr 15:6
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    6And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.

  • Luke 21:31
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    31Even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh.

  • Luke 21:16
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    16But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and [some] of you shall they cause to be put to death.

  • Matt 24:29
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    29But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

  • Luke 21:20
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    20But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.

  • Mark 13:4
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    4Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign when these things are all about to be accomplished?

  • Jer 25:32
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    32Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

  • Matt 10:23
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    23But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

  • Luke 21:35
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    35for [so] shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.

  • Matt 24:19
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    19But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!

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    12but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

  • Zech 14:13
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    13And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from Jehovah shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor.

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    34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.

  • Matt 13:42
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    42and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

  • Luke 13:28
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    28There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast forth without.