Acts 2:20

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Matt 24:29 : 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;
  • 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.
  • 1 Thess 5:2 : 2 For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
  • 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.
  • Joel 2:1 : 1 Blow you the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of Yahweh comes, For it is close at hand:
  • Joel 3:14 : 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.
  • 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
  • Luke 21:25 : 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;
  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
  • Mark 13:24 : 24 But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,
  • 1 Cor 5:5 : 5 are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
  • Zeph 2:2-3 : 2 before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Yahweh comes on you, before the day of Yahweh's anger comes on you. 3 Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh's anger.
  • Isa 2:12-21 : 12 For there will be a day of Yahweh of Hosts for all that is proud and haughty, And for all that is lifted up; And it shall be brought low: 13 For all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, For all the oaks of Bashan, 14 For all the high mountains, For all the hills that are lifted up, 15 For every lofty tower, For every fortified wall, 16 For all the ships of Tarshish, And for all pleasant imagery. 17 The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; And Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day. 18 The idols shall utterly pass away. 19 Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, And into the holes of the earth, From before the terror of Yahweh, And from the glory of his majesty, When he arises to shake the earth mightily. 20 In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver, And their idols of gold, Which have been made for themselves to worship, To the moles and to the bats; 21 To go into the caverns of the rocks, And into the clefts of the ragged rocks, From before the terror of Yahweh, And from the glory of his majesty, When he arises to shake the earth mightily.
  • Isa 13:9 : 9 Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners of it out of it.
  • Isa 13:15 : 15 Everyone who is found shall be thrust through; and everyone who is taken shall fall by the sword.
  • Isa 24:23 : 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
  • Isa 34:8 : 8 For Yahweh has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
  • Jer 4:23 : 23 I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
  • Rev 6:12 : 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.
  • Rev 16:8 : 8 The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given to him to scorch men with fire.
  • Matt 27:45 : 45 Now from the sixth hour{noon} there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.{3:00 P. M.}

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  • Joel 2:30-32
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    30I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.

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

    32It will happen that whoever will call on the name of Yahweh shall be saved; For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, As Yahweh has said, And among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.

  • Acts 2:19
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    19I will show wonders in the sky above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.

  • Joel 3:14-15
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    14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.

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

  • Mark 13:24-26
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    24But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

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

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

  • Joel 2:10
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    10The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, And the stars withdraw their shining.

  • Isa 13:9-10
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    9Behold, the day of Yahweh comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners of it out of it.

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

  • Matt 24:29-30
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    29But 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;

    30and 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.

  • Rev 6:12-13
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    12I 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.

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

  • Joel 2:1-2
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    1Blow you the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of Yahweh comes, For it is close at hand:

    2A 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.

  • Amos 8:9
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    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.

  • Luke 21:25-27
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    25There 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;

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

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

  • Zeph 1:14-15
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    14The 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.

    15That 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,

  • Amos 5:20
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    20Will the day of Yahweh not be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

  • Acts 2:16-17
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    16But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:

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  • Isa 24:23
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    23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.

  • Zech 14:6-7
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    6It will happen in that day, that there will not be light, cold, or frost.

    7It will be a unique day which is known to Yahweh; not day, and not night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time there will be light.

  • Acts 2:21
    71%

    21It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'

  • Isa 5:30
    71%

    30They 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.

  • Isa 30:26
    71%

    26Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Yahweh binds up the hurt of his people, and heals the stroke of their wound.

  • 2 Pet 3:10
    71%

    10But 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.

  • Luke 17:30
    70%

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

  • Isa 8:22
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    22and they shall look to the earth, and see, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.

  • Eccl 12:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

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

    3In 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,

  • Jer 13:16
    70%

    16Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

  • Joel 1:15
    69%

    15Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

  • Ezek 32:7-8
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    7When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

    8All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness on your land, says the Lord Yahweh.

  • Isa 60:2
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    2For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you.

  • Mic 3:6
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    6"Therefore night is over you, with no vision, And it is dark to you, that you may not divine; And the sun will go down on the prophets, And the day will be black over them.

  • Rev 8:12
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    12The 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.

  • Luke 17:24
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    24for 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.

  • Zeph 2:2
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    2before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Yahweh comes on you, before the day of Yahweh's anger comes on you.

  • Isa 60:20
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    20Your sun shall no more go down, neither shall your moon withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.

  • Amos 5:18
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    18"Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, And not light.

  • Luke 23:45
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    45The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.