2 Thes 2:9 Cross References
2 Thessalonians 2:9
9: This evil man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles.
Matthew 24:24
- For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great miraculous signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God's chosen ones.
Revelation 19:20
- And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the beast--miracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. Both the beast and his false prophet were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
Revelation 18:23
- Her nights will be dark, without a single lamp. There will be no happy voices of brides and grooms. This will happen because her merchants, who were the greatest in the world, deceived the nations with her sorceries.
John 4:48
- Jesus asked, "Must I do miraculous signs and wonders before you people will believe in me?"
Deuteronomy 13:1
- "Suppose there are prophets among you, or those who have dreams about the future, and they promise you signs or miracles,
- and the predicted signs or miracles take place. If the prophets then say, `Come, let us worship the gods of foreign nations,'
Ephesians 2:2
- You used to live just like the rest of the world, full of sin, obeying Satan, the mighty prince of the power of the air. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.
Mark 13:22
- For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform miraculous signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God's chosen ones.
2 Corinthians 11:3
- But I fear that somehow you will be led away from your pure and simple devotion to Christ, just as Eve was deceived by the serpent.
Acts 13:10
- "You son of the Devil, full of every sort of trickery and villainy, enemy of all that is good, will you never stop perverting the true ways of the Lord?
Revelation 13:11
- Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. He had two horns like those of a lamb, and he spoke with the voice of a dragon.
- He exercised all the authority of the first beast. And he required all the earth and those who belong to this world to worship the first beast, whose death-wound had been healed.
- He did astounding miracles, such as making fire flash down to earth from heaven while everyone was watching.
- And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people of the world to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.
- He was permitted to give life to this statue so that it could speak. Then the statue commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must die.
Revelation 20:10
- Then the Devil, who betrayed them, was thrown into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur, joining the beast and the false prophet. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
John 8:44
- For you are the children of your father the Devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning and has always hated the truth. There is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Exodus 7:22
- But again the magicians of Egypt used their secret arts, and they, too, turned water into blood. So Pharaoh's heart remained hard and stubborn. He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had predicted.
2 Timothy 3:8
- And these teachers fight the truth just as Jannes and Jambres fought against Moses. Their minds are depraved, and their faith is counterfeit.
2 Corinthians 11:14
- But I am not surprised! Even Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light.
Exodus 8:18
- Pharaoh's magicians tried to do the same thing with their secret arts, but this time they failed. And the gnats covered all the people and animals.
Acts 8:9
- A man named Simon had been a sorcerer there for many years, claiming to be someone great.
- The Samaritan people, from the least to the greatest, often spoke of him as "the Great One--the Power of God."
- He was very influential because of the magic he performed.
Revelation 9:11
- Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon--the Destroyer.
John 8:41
- No, you are obeying your real father when you act that way." They replied, "We were not born out of wedlock! Our true Father is God himself."
Exodus 8:7
- But the magicians were able to do the same thing with their secret arts. They, too, caused frogs to come up on the land.
Revelation 12:9
- This great dragon--the ancient serpent called the Devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world--was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.
Revelation 12:17
- Then the dragon became angry at the woman, and he declared war against the rest of her children--all who keep God's commandments and confess that they belong to Jesus.
- And now in my vision I saw a beast rising up out of the sea. It had seven heads and ten horns, with ten crowns on its horns. And written on each head were names that blasphemed God.
- This beast looked like a leopard, but it had bear's feet and a lion's mouth! And the dragon gave him his own power and throne and great authority.
- I saw that one of the heads of the beast seemed wounded beyond recovery--but the fatal wound was healed! All the world marveled at this miracle and followed the beast in awe.
- They worshiped the dragon for giving the beast such power, and they worshiped the beast. "Is there anyone as great as the beast?" they exclaimed. "Who is able to fight against him?"
2 Corinthians 4:4
- Satan, the god of this evil world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe, so they are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News that is shining upon them. They don't understand the message we preach about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.