Matthew 24:8

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'All these are the beginning of birth pains.'

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  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 While people are saying, "Peace and safety," sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
  • 1 Pet 4:17-18 : 17 For it is time for judgment to begin with the house of God, and if it begins with us, what will become of those who disobey the gospel of God? 18 And if it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?
  • Lev 26:18-29 : 18 If after all this you still do not listen to me, I will punish you seven times over for your sins. 19 I will break your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze. 20 Your strength will be spent in vain, because your land will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of the land yield their fruit. 21 If you continue to walk contrary to me and are unwilling to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over as your sins deserve. 22 I will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted. 23 If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction and continue to walk contrary to me, 24 then I too will act with hostility against you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins. 25 I will bring the sword upon you to avenge the breaking of the covenant, and when you retreat into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hands of the enemy. 26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven and dole out your bread by weight, and you will eat but not be satisfied. 27 But if, after all this, you do not listen to me and continue to act with hostility against me, 28 then I in turn will act with furious hostility against you, and I will discipline you seven times over for your sins. 29 You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.
  • Deut 28:59 : 59 then the LORD will bring extraordinary plagues upon you and your descendants, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and enduring diseases.
  • Isa 9:12 : 12 But the people have not returned to him who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD Almighty.
  • Isa 9:17 : 17 For wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns. It sets the thickets of the forest ablaze, and they roll upward in columns of smoke.
  • Isa 10:4 : 4 There will be nothing left but to bow down among prisoners or fall among the slain. Yet for all this, His anger has not turned away, and His hand is still stretched out.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 13:7-9
    3 verses
    87%

    7When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.

    8Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

    9'You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in synagogues. On account of Me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.'

  • Matt 24:6-7
    2 verses
    83%

    6'You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.'

    7'Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.'

  • Matt 24:9-16
    8 verses
    75%

    9'Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.'

    10'At that time many will turn away from the faith, betray, and hate each other.'

    11'And many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.'

    12'Because of the increase in lawlessness, the love of most will grow cold.'

    13'But the one who endures until the end will be saved.'

    14'And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.'

    15'So when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),'

    16'then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.'

  • Luke 21:9-12
    4 verses
    75%

    9When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be terrified. These things must happen first, but the end will not come immediately.

    10Then he said to them, 'Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.'

    11There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places, as well as terrifying events and great signs from heaven.

    12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors on account of my name.

  • Matt 24:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

    19Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!

    20Pray that your escape may not happen in winter or on the Sabbath.

    21For at that time there will be great tribulation, unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, and never will happen again.

  • Mark 13:19
    72%

    19For those days will be a time of tribulation unlike anything that has occurred from the beginning of creation, which God made, until now, and will never occur again.

  • Luke 21:22-26
    5 verses
    72%

    22For these are days of vengeance, so that all that is written may be fulfilled.

    23Woe to those who are pregnant and nursing in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.

    24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken as captives to all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

    25There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth, distress among nations, confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves.

    26People will faint from fear and the expectation of what is coming upon the world, because the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

  • Matt 24:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    33In the same way, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door.

    34Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.

  • Isa 13:8
    71%

    8They will be terrified; pain and anguish will grip them. They will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at each other in dismay, their faces aflame.

  • Mark 13:23-24
    2 verses
    68%

    23So be on guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.

    24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;

  • Matt 24:29-30
    2 verses
    68%

    29Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly powers will be shaken.

    30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the peoples of the earth will mourn as they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

  • Rom 8:22
    67%

    22For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now.

  • Mark 13:17
    67%

    17How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!

  • Mark 13:29-30
    2 verses
    67%

    29In the same way, when you see these things happening, know that it is near—right at the door.

    30Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.

  • Jer 6:24
    67%

    24We have heard the report about them, and our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

  • 1 Thess 5:3
    67%

    3While people are saying, "Peace and safety," sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

  • Isa 8:22
    67%

    22Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.

  • Luke 21:35
    66%

    35For it will come upon all who live on the face of the earth as a snare.

  • Luke 21:28
    66%

    28When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.

  • Matt 10:21
    66%

    21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

  • Mark 13:12-13
    2 verses
    66%

    12Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

    13Everyone will hate you because of My name, but the one who endures to the end will be saved.

  • Rev 12:2
    66%

    2She was pregnant and cried out in labor, in the agony of giving birth.

  • Isa 24:19
    66%

    19The earth is utterly broken, the earth is split apart, the earth is violently shaken.

  • Isa 24:7
    66%

    7The new wine dries up, the vine withers, and all the merry-hearted groan.

  • Matt 24:2
    65%

    2Jesus said to them, 'Do you see all these things? Truly, I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.'