Matthew 24:8

World English Bible (2000)

But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.

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  • 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.
  • 1 Pet 4:17-18 : 17 For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don't obey the Good News of God? 18 "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?"
  • Lev 26:18-29 : 18 "'If you in spite of these things will not listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins. 19 I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like brass; 20 and your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won't yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit. 21 "'If you walk contrary to me, and won't listen to me, then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins. 22 I will send the wild animals among you, which will rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number; and your roads will become desolate. 23 "'If by these things you won't be reformed to me, but will walk contrary to me; 24 then I will also walk contrary to you; and I will strike you, even I, seven times for your sins. 25 I will bring a sword upon you, that will execute the vengeance of the covenant; and you will be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and you shall eat, and not be satisfied. 27 "'If you in spite of this won't listen to me, but walk contrary to me; 28 then I will walk contrary to you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29 You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.
  • Deut 28:59 : 59 then Yahweh will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues of your seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and severe sicknesses, and of long continuance.
  • Isa 9:12 : 12 The Syrians in front, and the Philistines behind; and they will devour Israel with open mouth. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Isa 9:17 : 17 Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Isa 9:21 : 21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Isa 10:4 : 4 They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 13:7-9
    3 verses
    87%

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

    8 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.

    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.

  • Matt 24:6-7
    2 verses
    83%

    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.

  • Matt 24:9-16
    8 verses
    75%

    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.

    11 Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.

    12 Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.

    13 But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

    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),

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

  • Luke 21:9-12
    4 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Matt 24:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

    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.

  • 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 21:22-26
    5 verses
    72%

    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.

    24 They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

    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.

  • Matt 24:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Isa 13:8
    71%

    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 13:23-24
    2 verses
    68%

    23 But you watch. "Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.

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

  • Matt 24:29-30
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    68%

    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.

  • Rom 8:22
    67%

    22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.

  • Mark 13:17
    67%

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

  • Mark 13:29-30
    2 verses
    67%

    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.

  • Jer 6:24
    67%

    24 We have heard its report; our hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.

  • 1 Thess 5:3
    67%

    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 8:22
    67%

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

  • Luke 21:35
    66%

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

  • Luke 21:28
    66%

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

  • Matt 10:21
    66%

    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.

  • Mark 13:12-13
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    66%

    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.

  • Rev 12:2
    66%

    2 She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.

  • Isa 24:19
    66%

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

  • Isa 24:7
    66%

    7 The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.

  • Matt 24:2
    65%

    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."