Revelation 16:4

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The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.

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  • Exod 7:17-20 : 17 This is what the Lord says: 'By this you will know that I am the Lord. With the staff that is in my hand, I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be turned into blood.' 18 The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will not be able to drink water from the Nile. 19 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers, canals, ponds, and all their reservoirs—and they will turn to blood. There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers.'" 20 Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded. Aaron raised his staff and struck the water of the Nile in the sight of Pharaoh and his officials, and all the water in the river was turned into blood.
  • Rev 8:10-11 : 10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky onto a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the water because it was made bitter.
  • Rev 14:7 : 7 He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the springs of water."
  • Rev 16:5 : 5 Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, 'You are righteous, Lord, the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, because you have judged these things.'
  • Exod 8:5 : 5 Moses said to Pharaoh, "I leave it to you to set the time for me to pray for you, your officials, and your people, so that the frogs will be removed from you and your houses, remaining only in the Nile."
  • Isa 50:2 : 2 Why, when I came, was there no one? Why, when I called, was there no one to answer? Is my hand too short to redeem? Do I have no power to save? Look, at my rebuke I dry up the sea; I turn rivers into a desert, so their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
  • Ezek 35:8 : 8 I will fill your mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.
  • Hos 13:15 : 15 Even though he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind of the LORD, rising from the wilderness. His spring will dry up, his fountain will be parched. It will plunder his treasury of every precious thing.

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  • Rev 16:1-3
    3 verses
    86%

    1Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, 'Go and pour out the bowls of God’s wrath on the earth.'

    2The first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.

    3The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a dead person, and every living thing in the sea died.

  • Rev 16:5-13
    9 verses
    82%

    5Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, 'You are righteous, Lord, the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, because you have judged these things.'

    6For they shed the blood of your holy people and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.

    7And I heard the altar respond, 'Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.'

    8The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire.

    9They were scorched by the intense heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues. But they refused to repent and glorify him.

    10The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in agony,

    11and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and sores, but they refused to repent of their deeds.

    12The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east.

    13And I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet.

  • Rev 8:7-12
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    80%

    7The first angel blew his trumpet, and hail and fire, mixed with blood, were thrown down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

    8The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea became blood.

    9A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

    10The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky onto a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

    11The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the water because it was made bitter.

    12The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them went dark. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise, the night.

  • Ps 78:44
    75%

    44He turned their rivers to blood, and they could not drink from their streams.

  • Rev 16:17
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    17The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, 'It is done!'.

  • Rev 14:19-20
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    73%

    19So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered its grapes, and he threw them into the great winepress of God's wrath.

    20They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses' bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.

  • Rev 15:7
    73%

    7Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.

  • Rev 17:1
    73%

    1Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, 'Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters.'

  • Rev 16:19
    72%

    19The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. Babylon the Great was remembered before God, and He gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of His wrath.

  • Rev 9:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns of the golden altar that is before God.

    14It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, 'Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.'

    15And the four angels who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year were released to kill a third of humanity.

  • Exod 7:21
    72%

    21The fish in the Nile died, the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water, and blood was everywhere in Egypt.

  • Rev 14:7-10
    4 verses
    71%

    7He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the springs of water."

    8A second angel followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great, who made all the nations drink the wine of her passionate immorality."

    9A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand,

    10they too will drink the wine of God's wrath, which has been poured full strength into the cup of His anger. They will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb.

  • Rev 11:6
    71%

    6They have authority to shut the sky so no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy. They also have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with any plague whenever they wish.

  • Rev 15:1
    71%

    1Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven last plagues, because with them God's wrath is completed.

  • Ezek 32:6
    71%

    6I will soak the land with your blood, right up to the mountains; and the ravines will be filled with your masses.

  • Exod 4:9
    71%

    9'But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, then take some water from the Nile, pour it on the dry ground, and the water you take from the river will become blood on the ground.'

  • Rev 17:6
    71%

    6I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I was utterly amazed.

  • Rev 22:1
    70%

    1Then the angel showed me a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

  • Exod 7:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17This is what the Lord says: 'By this you will know that I am the Lord. With the staff that is in my hand, I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be turned into blood.'

    18The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will not be able to drink water from the Nile.

  • Ps 105:29
    70%

    29He turned their waters into blood, and he killed their fish.

  • Rev 19:2
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    2For His judgments are true and just; He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His servants on her.

  • Rev 17:15
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    15Then he said to me, 'The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.'

  • Rev 18:24
    69%

    24And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who have been slain on the earth.

  • Deut 12:16
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    16But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.

  • Joel 3:18
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    18In that day, the mountains will drip with sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, and all the streams of Judah will run with water. A fountain will flow out of the house of the LORD and water the Valley of Acacias.

  • Ps 78:16
    69%

    16He brought streams out of the rock and made water flow down like rivers.