Mark 13:8

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Jer 6:24 : 24 We have heard its report; our hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
  • 2 Chr 15:6 : 6 They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
  • Isa 19:2 : 2 I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they will fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
  • Acts 11:28 : 28 One of them named Agabus stood up, and indicated by the Spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius.
  • Rev 6:4 : 4 Another came forth, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.
  • Isa 37:3 : 3 They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.
  • Jer 4:31 : 31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, [saying], "Woe is me now! For my soul faints before the murderers."
  • Ps 48:6 : 6 Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
  • Jer 13:21 : 21 What will you say, when he shall set over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you? shall not sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail?
  • Jer 22:23 : 23 Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail!
  • Jer 25:32 : 32 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great storm shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
  • Jer 49:24 : 24 Damascus has grown feeble, she turns herself to flee, and trembling has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.
  • Jer 50:43 : 43 The king of Babylon has heard the news of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of him, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
  • Mic 4:9-9 : 9 Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that pains have taken hold of you as of a woman in travail? 10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now you will go forth out of the city, and will dwell in the field, and will come even to Babylon. There you will be rescued. There Yahweh will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
  • Hag 2:22 : 22 I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overthrow the chariots, and those who ride in them. The horses and their riders will come down, everyone by the sword of his brother.
  • Zech 14:13 : 13 It will happen in that day, that a great panic from Yahweh will be among them; and they will lay hold everyone on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand will rise up against the hand of his neighbor.
  • Matt 24:8 : 8 But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 24:6-10
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    6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.

    7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.

    8 But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.

    9 Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.

    10 Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

  • Luke 21:9-12
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    9 When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won't come immediately."

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

    11 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

    12 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.

  • Mark 13:7
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    7 "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet.

  • Mark 13:9-10
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    9 But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

    10 The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.

  • Luke 21:25-26
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    25 There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;

    26 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

  • Mark 13:19
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    19 For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.

  • Mark 13:12-14
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    12 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

    13 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

    14 But when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains,

  • Isa 13:8
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    8 They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame.

  • Mark 13:24-25
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    24 But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

    25 the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

  • Luke 21:22-23
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    22 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

    23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.

  • Mark 13:29-30
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    29 even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

    30 Most certainly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things happen.

  • Matt 10:21
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    21 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

  • Matt 24:21
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    21 for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

  • Matt 24:14-15
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    14 This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

    15 "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

  • Mark 13:17
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    17 But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days!

  • Luke 12:53
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    53 They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."

  • Isa 8:22
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    22 and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.

  • Luke 21:7
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    7 They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?"

  • Matt 10:18
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    18 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

  • 2 Chr 15:6
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    6 They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.

  • Luke 21:31
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    31 Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near.

  • Luke 21:16
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    16 You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.

  • Matt 24:29
    69%

    29 But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;

  • Luke 21:20
    69%

    20 "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand.

  • Mark 13:4
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    4 "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be fulfilled?"

  • Jer 25:32
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    32 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great storm shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.

  • Matt 10:23
    69%

    23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.

  • Luke 21:35
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    35 For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.

  • Matt 24:19
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    19 But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!

  • Matt 8:12
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    12 but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

  • Zech 14:13
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    13 It will happen in that day, that a great panic from Yahweh will be among them; and they will lay hold everyone on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand will rise up against the hand of his neighbor.

  • Matt 24:34
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    34 Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.

  • Matt 13:42
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    42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

  • Luke 13:28
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    28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside.