Acts 2:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The Sunne shalbe turned into darknesse, and the Moone into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.

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  • Matt 24:29 : 29 Immediatly after the tribulation of those dayes, shal the sunne be darkened, and the moone shall not geue her lyght, and the starres shall fall from heauen, and the powers of heauen shalbe shaken.
  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 Neuerthelesse the day of the Lorde wyll come as a theefe in the nyght, in the which the heauens shal passe away with a noyse, and the elementes shall melt with heate, the earth also and the workes that are therein shall burne.
  • 1 Thess 5:2 : 2 For ye your selues knowe perfectlye that the day of the Lord shall so come euen as a theefe in the nyght.
  • Amos 8:9 : 9 And in that day, sayth the Lord God, I will euen cause the sunne to go downe at noone, and I wil darken the earth in the cleare day.
  • Joel 2:1 : 1 Blowe vp a trumpet in Sion, and showte in my holy hyll, let all the inhabitauntes of the earth tremble: for the day of the Lorde is come, for it is nye at hande.
  • Joel 3:14 : 14 O people, people come into the valley of finall iudgement: for the day of the Lorde is at hande in the valley of finall iudgement.
  • 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But the heauens and earth whiche are nowe, be kept by his worde in store, and reserued vnto fire, agaynst the day of iudgement and perdition of vngodly men.
  • Luke 21:25 : 25 And there shalbe signes in the sunne and in the moone, & in the starres: and vpon the earth trouble among the nations, with perplexitie. The sea and the water shall rore.
  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Beholde, I wyll send you Elias the prophete, before the comming of the great and fearefull day of the Lorde.
  • Mark 13:24 : 24 Moreouer, in those dayes, after that tribulation, the sunne shall waxe darke, and the moone shall not geue her light.
  • 1 Cor 5:5 : 5 To delyuer suche a one vnto Satan for the destruction of the flesshe, that the spirite may be saued in the daye of the Lorde Iesus.
  • Zeph 2:2-3 : 2 Before the decree go foorth that God hath concluded and ye be as chaffe that passeth in a day, & before the fearfull wrath of the Lorde come vpon you, & before the day of the Lordes sore displeasure come vpon you. 3 Seke the Lorde all ye meeke hearted vpon earth, ye that worke after his iudgement: seke righteousnesse, seke lowlinesse, that ye may be defended in the wrothfull day of the Lorde:
  • Isa 2:12-21 : 12 For the day of the Lorde of hoastes shalbe vpon all the proude, loftie, and vpon all that is exalted, and he shalbe brought lowe: 13 And vpon all high and stout Cedar trees of Libanus, and vpon all the okes of Basan. 14 And vpon all the high mountaynes, and vpon all the high hilles, 15 And vpon euery high towre, and vpon euery fenced wall, 16 And vpon all the shippes of Tharsis, and vpon all pictures of pleasure. 17 And the pride of man shalbe brought downe, and the loftinesse of men shalbe made lowe, and the Lorde alone shalbe exalted in that day: 18 As for the idols he shall vtterly abolishe: 19 And they shall creepe into holes of stone, and into caues of the earth for feare of the Lorde, and for the glorie of his maiestie, when he ariseth to destroy the wicked ones of the earth. 20 In the selfe same day shall man cast away his gods of siluer, and his gods of golde, into the holes of Mowles and Backes, which he neuerthelesse had made to hym selfe to honour them. 21 And they shall creepe into the cliftes of the rockes, and into the toppes of the harde stones for feare of the Lorde, and for the glorie of his maiestie, when he ariseth to destroy the wicked ones of the earth.
  • Isa 13:9 : 9 Beholde, the day of the Lorde shall come terribly and full of indignation, furie & wrath, to make the lande waste, and to roote out the sinners therof.
  • Isa 13:15 : 15 Whoso is founde shalbe shot thorowe: and whoso taketh their part, shalbe destroyed with the sworde.
  • Isa 24:23 : 23 The moone shalbe abashed, and the sunne ashamed, when the Lorde of hoastes shal raigne in mount Sion and in Hierusalem with worship, and in the sight of suche as shalbe of his counsell.
  • Isa 34:8 : 8 For it is the day of Gods vengeaunce, and the yere of recompence for the reuenge of Sion.
  • Jer 4:23 : 23 I haue loked vpon the earth, and see it was waste and voyde: I loked towarde heauen, and it had no shine.
  • Rev 6:12 : 12 And I behelde when he had opened the sixt seale, and loe there was a great earthquake, & the sunne was as blacke as sackcloth made of heere, & the moone waxed all euen as blood:
  • Rev 16:8 : 8 And the fourth angell powred out his viall on the sunne, & power was geuen vnto hym to vexe men with heate of fyre.
  • Matt 27:45 : 45 Fro the sixth houre, was there darknesse ouer all the lande, vnto the nynth houre.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Joel 2:30-32
    3 verses
    94%

    30And I will shewe wonders in heauen and in earth, blood, and fire, and pillers of smoke.

    31The sunne shalbe turned into darknesse, and the moone into blood, before that great and terrible day of the Lord come.

    32But whosoeuer shall call on the name of the Lord, shalbe saued: for there shalbe deliueraunce in mount Sion and in Hierusalem, as the Lord hath promised, and also in the remnaunt whom the Lorde shall call.

  • Acts 2:19
    85%

    19And I wyll shewe wonders in heauen aboue, and tokens in the earth beneath, blood, and fyre, and the vapour of smoke.

  • Joel 3:14-15
    2 verses
    82%

    14O people, people come into the valley of finall iudgement: for the day of the Lorde is at hande in the valley of finall iudgement.

    15The sunne and the moone shalbe darkned, and the starres shall withdrawe their light.

  • Mark 13:24-26
    3 verses
    81%

    24Moreouer, in those dayes, after that tribulation, the sunne shall waxe darke, and the moone shall not geue her light.

    25And the starres of heauen, shall fall: and the powers which are in heauen, shalbe shaken.

    26And then shall they see the sonne of man commyng in the cloudes, with great power and glory.

  • Joel 2:10
    81%

    10The earth shall quake before him, the heauens shall tremble, the sunne and the moone shalbe darke, and the starres shall withdrawe their shinyng.

  • Isa 13:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9Beholde, the day of the Lorde shall come terribly and full of indignation, furie & wrath, to make the lande waste, and to roote out the sinners therof.

    10For the starres and planettes of heauen shall not geue their light, the sunne shalbe darkened in the rising, and the moone shall not shine with her light.

  • Matt 24:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29Immediatly after the tribulation of those dayes, shal the sunne be darkened, and the moone shall not geue her lyght, and the starres shall fall from heauen, and the powers of heauen shalbe shaken.

    30And then shall appeare the signe of the sonne of man, in heauen: And then shall all the kynredes of the earth mourne, and they shall see the sonne of man comming in the cloudes of heauen, with power and great glory.

  • Rev 6:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12And I behelde when he had opened the sixt seale, and loe there was a great earthquake, & the sunne was as blacke as sackcloth made of heere, & the moone waxed all euen as blood:

    13And the starres of heauen fell vnto the earth, euen as a figge tree casteth her vntimely figges when she is shaken of a myghtie wynde.

  • Joel 2:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1Blowe vp a trumpet in Sion, and showte in my holy hyll, let all the inhabitauntes of the earth tremble: for the day of the Lorde is come, for it is nye at hande.

    2A darke and glomie day, a cloudie and blacke day: as the mornyng is spread ouer the mountaynes so is this populus & strong people, like it there was none from the beginning, nor shalbe herafter for euermore.

  • Amos 8:9
    74%

    9And in that day, sayth the Lord God, I will euen cause the sunne to go downe at noone, and I wil darken the earth in the cleare day.

  • Luke 21:25-27
    3 verses
    73%

    25And there shalbe signes in the sunne and in the moone, & in the starres: and vpon the earth trouble among the nations, with perplexitie. The sea and the water shall rore.

    26And mens heartes shal fayle them for feare, and for loking after those thinges which shall come on the world: For the powers of heauen shalbe shaken.

    27And then shall they see the sonne of man come in a cloude, with power and great glorie.

  • Zeph 1:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14For the great day of the Lorde is at hande, it is harde by, and commeth on a pace, euen the bitter voyce of the Lordes day, then shall the strong man crye out.

    15That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and heauinesse, a day of vtter destruction and miserie, a darke & glowming day, a cloudy and stormie day.

  • Amos 5:20
    73%

    20Shall not the day of the Lorde be darkenesse, and not light? euen darkenesse and no light in it.

  • Acts 2:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16But this is that which was spoken by the prophete Ioel:

    17And it shalbe in the last dayes (sayth God) of my spirite I wyll powre out vpon all fleshe: And your sonnes and your daughters shall prophesie, and your young men shall see visions, and your olde men shall dreame dreames.

  • Isa 24:23
    72%

    23The moone shalbe abashed, and the sunne ashamed, when the Lorde of hoastes shal raigne in mount Sion and in Hierusalem with worship, and in the sight of suche as shalbe of his counsell.

  • Zech 14:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6In that day shall there be no cleare light, but darke.

    7This shalbe that speciall day which is knowen vnto the Lorde, neither day nor night: but about the euening time it shalbe light.

  • Acts 2:21
    71%

    21And it shall come to passe, that whosoeuer shall call on the name of the Lorde, shalbe saued.

  • Isa 5:30
    71%

    30In that day he shalbe so fierce vpon him as the raging of the sea: then one shall beholde the lande, and lo darkenesse and sorow, and the light is darkened in the heauens therof.

  • Isa 30:26
    71%

    26Moreouer, the light of the moone shalbe as the light of the sunne, and the sunne light shalbe seuen folde, and haue as much shine as in seuen dayes beside, when the Lorde bindeth vp the sore of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wounde.

  • 2 Pet 3:10
    71%

    10Neuerthelesse the day of the Lorde wyll come as a theefe in the nyght, in the which the heauens shal passe away with a noyse, and the elementes shall melt with heate, the earth also and the workes that are therein shall burne.

  • Luke 17:30
    70%

    30Euen thus shall it be, in the day when the sonne of man shalbe reuealed.

  • Isa 8:22
    70%

    22And beholde there is trouble and darknesse, dymnesse is rounde about him, & he shalbe driuen into darknesse.

  • Eccl 12:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2Before the sunne, the light, the moone, and starres be darkened, and or the cloudes turne agayne after the rayne:

    3When the kepers of the house shall tremble, and when the strong men shall bowe them selues, when the milners stand styll because they be so fewe, and when the sight of the windowes shall waxe dimme:

  • Jer 13:16
    70%

    16Honour the Lorde your God or he take his light from you, and or euer your feete stumble in darcknesse at the hyll: lest when you loke for the lyght, he turne it into the shadowe and darcknesse of death.

  • Joel 1:15
    69%

    15Alas for this day, for the day of the Lorde is at hande, euen as a destruction from the almightie shall it come.

  • Ezek 32:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7When thou art put out, I wyll couer the heauen, and make his starres dim: I wyll spreade a cloude ouer the sunne, and the moone shall not geue her light.

    8All the lightes of heauen wyll I make darke for thee: and bring darkenesse vpon thy lande, saith the Lorde God.

  • Isa 60:2
    69%

    2For lo, whyle the darknesse & cloude couereth the earth and the people, the Lorde shall shewe thee light, and his glory shalbe seene in thee.

  • Mic 3:6
    69%

    6Therfore night shalbe vnto you for a vision, and darkenesse shalbe vnto you for a diuination: and the sunne shall go downe ouer the prophetes, and the day shalbe darke ouer them.

  • Rev 8:12
    69%

    12And the fourth angell blewe, and the thirde part of the sunne was smytten, and the thirde part of the moone, and the thirde part of starres, so that the thirde part of them was darkened: and the day was smitten, that the third part of it shoulde not shyne, and lykewise the nyght.

  • Luke 17:24
    69%

    24For as the lyghtnyng, that lyghtneth out of the one part that is vnder heauen, and shyneth vnto the other part which is vnder heauen: so shall the sonne of man be in his daye.

  • Zeph 2:2
    68%

    2Before the decree go foorth that God hath concluded and ye be as chaffe that passeth in a day, & before the fearfull wrath of the Lorde come vpon you, & before the day of the Lordes sore displeasure come vpon you.

  • Isa 60:20
    68%

    20Thy sunne shall neuer go downe, and thy moone shall not be hid: for the Lorde hym selfe shalbe thyne euerlasting light, and thy sorowfull dayes shalbe ended.

  • Amos 5:18
    68%

    18Wo vnto you that desire the day of the Lorde, what haue ye to do with it? the day of the Lorde is darkenes, and not light.

  • Luke 23:45
    68%

    45And the sunne was darkned, and the vayle of the temple dyd rent, euen thorowe the middes.