Revelation 20:3

World English Bible (2000)

and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rev 12:9 : 9 The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
  • Dan 6:17 : 17 A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
  • Rev 20:1 : 1 I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
  • Matt 27:66 : 66 So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ's apostles. 14 And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie;
  • 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 But don't forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
  • Rev 13:14 : 14 He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast; saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived.
  • Rev 16:14-16 : 14 for they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go forth to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God, the Almighty. 15 "Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they see his shame." 16 He gathered them together into the place which is called in Hebrew, Megiddo.
  • Rev 17:2 : 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, and those who dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality."
  • Rev 17:8 : 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.
  • Rev 20:7-9 : 7 And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison, 8 and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 9 They went up over the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them. 10 The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
  • Matt 24:24 : 24 For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
  • Ps 90:4 : 4 For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rev 20:1-2
    2 verses
    88%

    1 I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

    2 He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,

  • Rev 20:4-10
    7 verses
    81%

    4 I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

    5 The rest of the dead didn't live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

    6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.

    7 And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison,

    8 and he will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

    9 They went up over the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them.

    10 The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

  • Rev 12:9-10
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    76%

    9 The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

    10 I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.

  • Rev 9:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.

    2 He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit.

  • Rev 17:8
    72%

    8 The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.

  • Rev 19:20
    71%

    20 The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

  • Rev 12:12-13
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    71%

    12 Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time."

    13 When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.

  • Rev 11:7
    70%

    7 When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.

  • Rev 12:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3 Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.

    4 His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.

  • Rev 13:5-7
    3 verses
    68%

    5 A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.

    6 He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his dwelling, those who dwell in heaven.

    7 It was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation was given to him.

  • Rev 10:2
    68%

    2 He had in his hand a little open book. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left on the land.

  • Rev 20:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14 Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.

    15 If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

  • Rev 12:15-17
    3 verses
    67%

    15 The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.

    16 The earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon spewed out of his mouth.

    17 The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep God's commandments and hold Jesus' testimony.

  • Rev 7:3
    67%

    3 saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!"

  • Rev 9:15
    66%

    15 The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind.

  • Rev 2:10
    66%

    10 Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

  • Rev 13:13-14
    2 verses
    66%

    13 He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the sight of people.

    14 He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast; saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived.

  • Rev 16:14
    66%

    14 for they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go forth to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God, the Almighty.

  • Rev 9:5
    66%

    5 They were given power not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a person.

  • Luke 4:5
    66%

    5 The devil, leading him up on a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.

  • Rev 13:2
    66%

    2 The beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.

  • Rev 10:5
    66%

    5 The angel who I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky,

  • Rev 17:11
    66%

    11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.

  • Rev 14:10-11
    2 verses
    66%

    10 he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.

    11 The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.

  • Rev 9:10-11
    2 verses
    66%

    10 They have tails like those of scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.

    11 They have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is "Abaddon," but in Greek, he has the name "Apollyon."

  • Rev 22:10
    66%

    10 He said to me, "Don't seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.

  • John 12:31
    65%

    31 Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out.

  • Rev 17:3
    65%

    3 He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored animal, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.

  • 2 Thess 2:9
    65%

    9 even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

  • Rev 12:7
    65%

    7 There was war in the sky. Michael and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war.

  • Rev 3:10
    65%

    10 Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.