Matthew 24:16

World English Bible (2000)

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

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  • Gen 19:15-17 : 15 When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, "Get up! Take your wife, and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city." 16 But he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his wife's hand, and his two daughters' hands, Yahweh being merciful to him; and they took him out, and set him outside of the city. 17 It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, and don't stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed!"
  • Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
  • Jer 37:11-12 : 11 It happened that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 12 then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.
  • Luke 21:21-22 : 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein. 22 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
  • Prov 22:3 : 3 A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
  • Jer 6:1 : 1 "Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem; for evil looks forth from the north, and a great destruction.
  • Exod 9:20-21 : 20 Those who feared the word of Yahweh among the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses. 21 Whoever didn't respect the word of Yahweh left his servants and his livestock in the field.

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  • 90%

    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,

    15 and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.

    16 Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.

    17 But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days!

    18 Pray that your flight won't be in the winter.

  • 90%

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

    21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein.

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

  • 84%

    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),

  • 81%

    17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.

    18 Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.

    19 But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!

    20 Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath,

    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.

  • 26 If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner rooms,' don't believe it.

  • 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.

  • 74%

    30 It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

    31 In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.

  • 30 Then they will begin to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and tell the hills, 'Cover us.'

  • Rev 6:14-17
    4 verses
    74%

    14 The sky was removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

    15 The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.

    16 They told the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,

    17 for the great day of his wrath has come; and who is able to stand?"

  • 16 But those of those who escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity.

  • 72%

    28 For wherever the carcass is, there is where the vultures gather together.

    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;

    30 and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

  • 72%

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

    36 Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

  • Zech 14:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4 His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two, from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

    5 You shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel; yes, you shall flee, just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones with you.

  • 20 Every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

  • 14 It will happen that like a hunted gazelle, and like sheep that no one gathers, they will each turn to their own people, and will each flee to their own land.

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    32 "Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.

    33 Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

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

  • 23 They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after them,

  • Isa 24:17-18
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    70%

    17 Fear, the pit, and the snare, are on you who inhabitant the earth.

    18 It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

  • 56 But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him, and fled.

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

  • 2 But he answered them, "You see all of these things, don't you? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down."

  • 6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

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

  • 23 "Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it.

  • 26 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

  • 50 They all left him, and fled.

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

  • 21 Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.