Acts 2:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:

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  • Matt 24:29 : 29 But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:
  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.
  • 1 Thess 5:2 : 2 For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
  • Amos 8:9 : 9 And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:
  • Joel 2:1 : 1 Let the horn be sounded in Zion, and a war-cry in my holy mountain; let all the people of the land be troubled: for the day of the Lord is coming;
  • Joel 3:14 : 14 Give this out among the nations; make ready for war: get the strong men awake; let all the men of war come near, let them come up.
  • 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But the present heaven and the present earth have been kept for destruction by fire, which is waiting for them on the day of the judging and destruction of evil men.
  • Luke 21:25 : 25 And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;
  • Mal 4:5 : 5 See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.
  • Mark 13:24 : 24 But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,
  • 1 Cor 5:5 : 5 That this man is to be handed over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may have forgiveness in the day of the Lord Jesus.
  • Zeph 2:2-3 : 2 Before the Lord sends you violently away in flight like the waste from the grain; before the burning wrath of the Lord comes on you, before the day of the Lord's wrath comes on you. 3 Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.
  • Isa 2:12-21 : 12 For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up; 13 And on all the high trees of Lebanon, and on all the strong trees of Bashan; 14 And on all the high mountains, and on all the hills which are lifted up; 15 And on every high tower, and on every strong wall; 16 And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all the fair boats. 17 And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day. 18 And the images will never be seen again. 19 And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength. 20 In that day men will put their images of silver and of gold, which they made for worship, in the keeping of the beasts of the dark places; 21 To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.
  • Isa 13:9 : 9 See, the day of the Lord is coming, cruel, with wrath and burning passion: to make the land a waste, driving the sinners in it to destruction.
  • Isa 13:15 : 15 Everyone who is overtaken will have a spear put through him, and everyone who goes in flight will be put to the sword.
  • Isa 24:23 : 23 Then the moon will be veiled, and the sun put to shame; for the Lord of armies will be ruling in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his judges he will let his glory be seen.
  • Isa 34:8 : 8 For it is the day of the Lord's punishment, when he gives payment for the wrongs done to Zion.
  • Jer 4:23 : 23 Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light.
  • Rev 6:12 : 12 And I saw when the sixth stamp was undone, and there was a great earth-shock; and the sun became black as haircloth, and all the moon became as blood;
  • Rev 16:8 : 8 And the fourth let what was in his vessel come out on the sun; and power was given to it that men might be burned with fire.
  • Matt 27:45 : 45 Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.

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