Revelation 5:4

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And I wept bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look at it.

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  • Dan 12:8-9 : 8 I heard but did not understand. So I asked, "My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?" 9 He replied, "Go your way, Daniel, because the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end."
  • Rev 4:1 : 1 After these things I saw, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. The first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things."

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  • Rev 5:1-3
    3 verses
    86%

    1 Then I saw in the right hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides, sealed with seven seals.

    2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?"

    3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or even to look at it.

  • Rev 5:5-9
    5 verses
    83%

    5 Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed and is able to open the scroll and its seven seals."

    6 Then I saw a Lamb, standing as though it had been slain, in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. It had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

    7 The Lamb came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one seated on the throne.

    8 When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them was holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

    9 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were slain, and with your blood, you purchased for God people from every tribe, language, people, and nation."

  • 5 After these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.

  • Rev 6:9-10
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    9 When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained.

    10 They cried out with a loud voice, 'How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until You judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?'

  • 1 And I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, 'Come and see.'

  • Rev 5:11-12
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    11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. Their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

    12 In a loud voice they said: "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power, and wealth, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing!"

  • 7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, 'Come and see.'

  • Ezek 2:9-10
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    9 I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me, and in it was a scroll.

    10 He spread it out before me, and it was written on both the front and back. Written on it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.

  • Rev 7:9-10
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    9 After this, I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

    10 And they cried out in a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

  • 10 Then he said to me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near.

  • Rev 10:2-5
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    2 He held a small scroll, opened, in his hand. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.

    3 He cried out with a loud voice like a roaring lion. When he cried out, the seven thunders spoke with their voices.

    4 When the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, 'Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.'

    5 Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and the land raised his hand to heaven.

  • 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, for the time is near.

  • 1 Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with Him were 144,000 who had His Father's name written on their foreheads.

  • 11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

  • Rev 4:1-3
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    1 After these things I saw, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. The first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things."

    2 Immediately I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and someone was seated on the throne.

    3 The one seated there had an appearance like jasper and carnelian, and all around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.

  • Rev 19:11-12
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    11 Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and He judges and makes war in righteousness.

    12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knows except Himself.

  • 2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, holding the seal of the living God. He called out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the earth and the sea,

  • 5 No deceit was found in their mouths; they are blameless before the throne of God.

  • 14 The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped the one who lives forever and ever.

  • 20 You know my reproach, my shame, and my disgrace; all my adversaries are before you.

  • 17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne will shepherd them. He will lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

  • 7 Look, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Yes, Amen.

  • 30 I searched for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.

  • 12 And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black like sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon turned red like blood.

  • 10 The twenty-four elders will fall down before the one seated on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever. They will cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

  • 8 The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and His power, and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

  • 17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. Then He placed His right hand on me and said, 'Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last,

  • 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

  • 6 Before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the middle of the throne and around it were four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind.

  • 17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?

  • Rev 7:13-14
    2 verses
    66%

    13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “These people dressed in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?”

    14 I said to him, 'Sir, you know.' And he said to me, 'These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.'

  • 12 Or if the book is handed to someone who cannot read, and they are told, 'Read this, please,' they answer, 'I do not know how to read.'

  • 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.