Revelation 18:23 Cross References

Revelation 18:23

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.

Revelation 18:3

  1. For all the nations have drunk the wine of her passionate immorality. The rulers of the world have committed adultery with her, and merchants throughout the world have grown rich as a result of her luxurious living."

Isaiah 23:8

  1. Who has brought this disaster on Tyre, empire builder and chief trader of the world?

Nahum 3:4

  1. All this because Nineveh, the beautiful and faithless city, mistress of deadly charms, enticed the nations with her beauty. She taught them all to worship her false gods, enchanting people everywhere.

Jeremiah 7:34

  1. I will put an end to the happy singing and laughter in the streets of Jerusalem. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard in the towns of Judah. The land will lie in complete desolation.

Jeremiah 16:9

  1. For the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: In your own lifetime, before your very eyes, I will put an end to the happy singing and laughter in this land. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard.

Ezekiel 27:33

  1. The merchandise you traded satisfied the needs of many nations. Kings at the ends of the earth were enriched by your trade.
  2. Now you are a wrecked ship, broken at the bottom of the sea. All your merchandise and your crew have passed away with you.

Revelation 17:5

  1. A mysterious name was written on her forehead: "Babylon the Great, Mother of All Prostitutes and Obscenities in the World."

Revelation 18:9

  1. And the rulers of the world who took part in her immoral acts and enjoyed her great luxury will mourn for her as they see the smoke rising from her charred remains.

Ezekiel 27:24

  1. They brought choice fabrics to trade--blue cloth, embroidery, and many-colored carpets bound with cords and made secure.
  2. The ships of Tarshish were your ocean caravans. Your island warehouse was filled to the brim!

Proverbs 4:18

  1. The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.
  2. But the way of the wicked is like complete darkness. Those who follow it have no idea what they are stumbling over.

Revelation 13:13

  1. He did astounding miracles, such as making fire flash down to earth from heaven while everyone was watching.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. He required everyone--great and small, rich and poor, slave and free--to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead.

Revelation 12:9

  1. 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 22:5

  1. And there will be no night there--no need for lamps or sun--for the Lord God will shine on them. And they will reign forever and ever.

Proverbs 24:20

  1. For the evil have no future; their light will be snuffed out.

Acts 8:11

  1. He was very influential because of the magic he performed.

Revelation 18:11

  1. The merchants of the world will weep and mourn for her, for there is no one left to buy their goods.
  2. She bought great quantities of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple dye, silk, scarlet cloth, every kind of perfumed wood, ivory goods, objects made of expensive wood, bronze, iron, and marble.
  3. She also bought cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, chariots, and slaves--yes, she even traded in human lives.
  4. "All the fancy things you loved so much are gone," they cry. "The luxuries and splendor that you prized so much will never be yours again. They are gone forever."
  5. The merchants who became wealthy by selling her these things will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will weep and cry.

2 Kings 9:22

  1. King Joram demanded, "Do you come in peace, Jehu?" Jehu replied, "How can there be peace as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother, Jezebel, are all around us?"

Revelation 18:22

  1. Never again will the sound of music be heard there--no more harps, songs, flutes, or trumpets. There will be no industry of any kind, and no more milling of grain.

Job 21:17

  1. "Yet the wicked get away with it time and time again. They rarely have trouble, and God skips them when he distributes sorrows in his anger.

Revelation 22:15

  1. Outside the city are the dogs--the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie.

Revelation 17:2

  1. The rulers of the world have had immoral relations with her, and the people who belong to this world have been made drunk by the wine of her immorality."

Revelation 21:8

  1. But cowards who turn away from me, and unbelievers, and the corrupt, and murderers, and the immoral, and those who practice witchcraft, and idol worshipers, and all liars--their doom is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death."

Isaiah 47:9

  1. Well, those two things will come upon you in a moment: widowhood and the loss of your children. Yes, these calamities will come upon you, despite all your witchcraft and magic.
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