Matthew 24:29

World English Bible (2000)

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;

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  • Amos 8:9 : 9 It will happen in that day," says the Lord Yahweh, "that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
  • Isa 24:23 : 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders will be glory.
  • Isa 13:10 : 10 For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
  • Joel 3:15 : 15 The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
  • Rev 6:12-17 : 12 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood. 13 The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind. 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?"
  • Rev 8:12 : 12 The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day wouldn't shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way.
  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
  • Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
  • Joel 2:30-31 : 30 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
  • Dan 7:11-12 : 11 I saw at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke; I saw even until the animal was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire. 12 As for the rest of the animals, their dominion was taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
  • Isa 34:4 : 4 All of the army of the sky will be dissolved. The sky will be rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away, as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.
  • Acts 2:19-20 : 19 I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and billows of smoke. 20 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
  • Amos 5:20 : 20 Won't the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
  • Zeph 1:14-15 : 14 The great day of Yahweh is near. It is near, and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh. The mighty man cries there bitterly. 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
  • Matt 24:8 : 8 But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.
  • Matt 24:21 : 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.
  • Mark 13:24-25 : 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 21:25-26 : 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.
  • Jer 4:23-28 : 23 I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth. 25 I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled. 26 I saw, and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of Yahweh, [and] before his fierce anger. 27 For thus says Yahweh, "The whole land shall be a desolation; yet will I not make a full end. 28 For this the earth will mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it."
  • Ezek 32:7-8 : 7 When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. 8 All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness on your land, says the Lord Yahweh.

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  • Mark 13:24-26
    3 verses
    89%

    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.

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

  • Matt 24:30-31
    2 verses
    84%

    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.

    31 He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

  • Joel 3:15
    82%

    15 The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

  • Isa 13:10
    80%

    10 For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.

  • Joel 2:10
    80%

    10 The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

  • Rev 6:12-14
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    79%

    12 I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood.

    13 The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.

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

  • Luke 21:25-28
    4 verses
    78%

    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.

    27 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

    28 But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near."

  • Acts 2:19-20
    2 verses
    77%

    19 I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.

    20 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

  • Joel 2:30-31
    2 verses
    76%

    30 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.

    31 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.

  • Matt 24:27-28
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    27 For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

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

  • Luke 17:24
    75%

    24 for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.

  • Rev 8:12
    74%

    12 The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day wouldn't shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way.

  • Matt 24:21
    74%

    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.

  • Eccl 12:2-3
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    72%

    2 Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

    3 in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened,

  • Amos 8:9
    72%

    9 It will happen in that day," says the Lord Yahweh, "that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.

  • Matt 24:33-35
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    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.

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

  • 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.

  • Isa 5:30
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    30 They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.

  • Mark 13:19
    72%

    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.

  • Luke 21:11
    71%

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

  • Luke 17:30
    71%

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

  • Zech 14:6
    71%

    6 It will happen in that day, that there will not be light, cold, or frost.

  • Isa 24:23
    71%

    23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders will be glory.

  • Matt 24:16
    71%

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

  • Luke 23:45
    71%

    45 The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

  • Joel 2:2
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    2 A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, a great and strong people; there has never been the like, neither will there be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.

  • Rev 18:1
    71%

    1 After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of the sky, having great authority. The earth was illuminated with his glory.

  • Isa 24:19
    71%

    19 The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.

  • Mark 13:31
    71%

    31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

  • Mark 13:29
    71%

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

  • Matt 24:7
    70%

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

  • Matt 24:3
    70%

    3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"

  • Zeph 1:15
    70%

    15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

  • 2 Pet 3:10
    70%

    10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

  • Matt 24:37
    70%

    37 "As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

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