Revelation 9:7

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The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces.

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  • Dan 7:8 : 8 I was considering the horns, and behold, another horn, a small one, came up among them. Three of the first horns were uprooted before it. And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth speaking great things.
  • Nah 3:17 : 17 Your crowned guards are like locusts, and your officials are like swarms of locusts camping in the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they flee away, and no one knows where they are.
  • Dan 7:4 : 4 The first was like a lion and had wings like an eagle. I watched until its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground to stand on two feet like a man, and a human heart was given to it.
  • Joel 2:4-5 : 4 Their appearance is like that of horses; like warhorses, they run. 5 With the noise of chariots, they leap over the mountaintops, like the crackling of a blazing fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army arrayed for battle.

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  • Rev 9:8-11
    4 verses
    82%

    8They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.

    9They had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots rushing into battle.

    10They had tails with stingers like scorpions, and in their tails, they had power to harm people for five months.

    11They had a king over them, the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, he is called Apollyon (the Destroyer).

  • Rev 9:15-19
    5 verses
    79%

    15And the four angels who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year were released to kill a third of humanity.

    16The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.

    17And this is how I saw the horses in my vision: Those who rode them had breastplates that were fiery red, dark blue, and sulfur yellow. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and from their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur.

    18A third of humanity was killed by these three plagues: by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths.

    19For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; their tails were like snakes with heads, and they used them to harm.

  • Rev 9:3-6
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    78%

    3Out of the smoke, locusts came down to the earth, and they were given power like that of scorpions on the earth.

    4They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, any green plant, or any tree, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

    5They were not allowed to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.

    6In those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will desire to die, but death will flee from them.

  • Joel 2:4-6
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    4Their appearance is like that of horses; like warhorses, they run.

    5With the noise of chariots, they leap over the mountaintops, like the crackling of a blazing fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army arrayed for battle.

    6Before them, nations writhe in anguish; every face turns pale.

  • Rev 4:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6Before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the middle of the throne and around it were four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind.

    7The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature was like an ox, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.

  • Hab 1:8
    71%

    8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than evening wolves. Their horsemen charge ahead; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour.

  • Amos 7:1
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    1This is what the Lord God showed me: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the beginning of the late crop, after the royal harvest.

  • Rev 19:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18'that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of generals, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, small and great.'

    19Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and His army.

  • Ezek 1:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a human, on the right side the face of a lion, on the left side the face of an ox, and each also had the face of an eagle.

    11Their faces and their wings were spread out above. Each had two wings touching those of another and two covering their bodies.

  • Nah 3:17
    70%

    17Your crowned guards are like locusts, and your officials are like swarms of locusts camping in the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they flee away, and no one knows where they are.

  • Ezek 1:5-8
    4 verses
    70%

    5From its center came the likeness of four living creatures, and this was their appearance: they had a human-like form.

    6Each of them had four faces and four wings.

    7Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the soles of a calf’s foot, gleaming like polished bronze.

    8Under their wings on their four sides were human hands. All four of them had faces and wings.

  • Exod 10:14
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    14The locusts came up over the entire land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of the land in such large numbers that they had never been seen before, nor will they ever be seen again.

  • Ezek 7:18
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    18They will put on sackcloth, and horror will cover them. Shame will be on every face, and every head will be shaved.

  • Dan 7:6-8
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    6After this, I looked, and behold, there was another beast, like a leopard. It had four wings of a bird on its back, and the beast had four heads. Dominion was given to it.

    7After this, I saw in the visions of the night a fourth beast, terrifying, dreadful, and exceedingly strong. It had large iron teeth and devoured, crushed, and trampled the remainder with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns.

    8I was considering the horns, and behold, another horn, a small one, came up among them. Three of the first horns were uprooted before it. And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth speaking great things.

  • Rev 6:8
    69%

    8I looked, and there was a pale green horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades followed closely with him. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth to kill with sword, with famine, with plague, and by the beasts of the earth.

  • Nah 3:3
    69%

    3Charging horsemen, flashing swords, glittering spears—a vast number of slain, a heap of corpses with no end. People stumble over the dead bodies.

  • Rev 19:12
    68%

    12His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knows except Himself.

  • Rev 13:1
    68%

    1Then I saw a beast rising out of the sea. It had seven heads and ten horns, and on its horns were ten crowns, and on its heads were names of blasphemy.

  • Dan 7:4
    68%

    4The first was like a lion and had wings like an eagle. I watched until its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground to stand on two feet like a man, and a human heart was given to it.

  • Ezek 1:22
    68%

    22Over the heads of the living creatures there was something like an expanse, gleaming like awe-inspiring crystal, spread out above their heads.

  • Isa 5:28
    67%

    28Their arrows are sharp, and all their bows are drawn. The hooves of their horses are like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.

  • Rev 17:12
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    12The ten horns you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they will receive authority as kings for one hour along with the beast.

  • Zech 14:15
    67%

    15A similar plague will strike the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the animals in the camps.

  • Rev 22:4
    67%

    4They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

  • Dan 7:20
    67%

    20And about the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn that came up, before which three fell—the horn that had eyes and a mouth speaking great things, and whose appearance was greater than the others.

  • Nah 3:15
    67%

    15There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down. It will consume you like the young locusts. Multiply yourselves like locusts; increase yourselves like swarming locusts.

  • Rev 6:2
    67%

    2I looked, and there was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

  • Ezek 1:13
    67%

    13The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the living creatures. It was radiant, and lightning flashed out of it.

  • Ezek 1:26
    67%

    26Above the expanse over their heads was something like a throne, resembling a sapphire stone. And on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a human seated above it.

  • Prov 30:27
    67%

    27Locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks.