Matthew 24:22

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

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  • Mark 13:20 : 20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
  • Isa 65:8-9 : 8 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. 9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
  • Matt 24:24 : 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
  • Matt 24:31 : 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
  • Isa 6:13 : 13 But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
  • Zech 13:8 : 8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
  • Zech 14:2 : 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
  • Matt 22:14 : 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
  • Luke 18:7 : 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
  • Rom 9:11 : 11 For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
  • Rom 11:25-31 : 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. 30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: 31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
  • 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 13:17-24
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    17But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

    18And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.

    19For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

    20And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

    21And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:

    22For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

    23But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

    24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

  • Matt 24:18-21
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    79%

    18Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

    19And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

    20But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

    21For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

  • Matt 24:23-25
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    23Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

    24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

    25Behold, I have told you before.

  • Matt 24:13-16
    4 verses
    72%

    13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

    14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

    15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

    16Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

  • Matt 24:28-31
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    70%

    28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

    29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

    30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

    31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

  • Rom 9:27-28
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    70%

    27Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

    28For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

  • Mark 13:27
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    27And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

  • Luke 21:21-23
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    69%

    21Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

    22For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

    23But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

  • Matt 24:33-37
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    33So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

    34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

    35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

    36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

    37But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

  • Jer 30:7
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    7Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

  • Matt 10:22
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    22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

  • Mark 13:13-14
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    13And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

    14But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:

  • 2 Tim 2:10
    67%

    10Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

  • Matt 22:14
    66%

    14For many are called, but few are chosen.

  • Matt 24:39-40
    2 verses
    66%

    39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

    40Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

  • Matt 24:44
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    44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

  • Lev 23:29
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    29For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

  • Luke 21:32
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    32Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

  • Dan 12:1
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    1And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

  • Luke 17:30
    64%

    30Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

  • Mark 13:31
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    31Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

  • Luke 21:18
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    18But there shall not an hair of your head perish.