Revelation 12:9

Easy To Read Version

The snake was thrown down out of heaven. (The giant snake is that old snake called the devil or Satan. He leads the whole world into the wrong way.) The snake with his angels were thrown to the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 3:1

The snake was the most clever of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. {The snake wanted to trick the woman.} The snake spoke to the woman and said, “Woman, did God really tell you that you must not eat from any tree in the garden?”

Genesis 3:13

Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What have you done?”

1 Chronicles 21:1

Satan was against the people of Israel. He encouraged David to count the people of Israel.

2 Chronicles 18:21

That spirit answered, ‘I will go out and become a lying spirit in Ahab’s prophets’ mouths.’ And the Lord said, ‘You will succeed in tricking Ahab. So go out and do it.’

Psalm 109:6

Punish my enemy for the bad things he did.\par Find a person to prove he is wrong.\par

Isaiah 14:12

You were like the morning star,\par but you have fallen from the sky.\par In the past, all the nations on earth\par bowed down before you.\par But now you have been cut down.\par

Isaiah 27:1

At that time, the Lord will judge\par Leviathan, {\cf2\super [246]} the crooked snake.\par The Lord will use his great sword,\par his hard and powerful sword, to punish\par Leviathan, the coiled snake.\par The Lord will kill\par the large creature in the sea. {\cf2\super [247]} \par

Isaiah 65:25

Wolves and little lambs will eat together.\par Lions will eat with cattle.\par A snake on the ground will not scare or hurt\par any person on my holy mountain.”\par The Lord said all those things.\par

Ezekiel 28:16

Your business brought you \{many riches\}.\par But they also put cruelty inside you.\par And you sinned.\par So I treated you like you were some\par unclean thing—\par I threw you off the mountain of God.\par You were one of the special Cherub angels—\par \{Your wings\} spread over \{my throne\}.\par But I forced you to leave the jewels\par that sparkled like fire.\par

Matthew 13:39

And the enemy that planted the bad seed is the devil. The harvest time is the end of the world. {\cf2\super [187]} And the workers that gather are God’s angels.

Matthew 24:24

False Christs and false prophets {\cf2\super [372]} will come and do great things and miracles. {\cf2\super [373]} They will do these things to the people God has chosen. They will do these things to try to fool his people, if that is possible.

Matthew 25:41

“Then the king will say to those bad people on his left, ‘Go away from me. God has already decided that you will be punished. Go into the fire that burns forever. That fire was prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matthew 4:1

Then the Spirit {\cf2\super [47]} led Jesus into the desert. Jesus was taken there to be tempted by the devil.

Matthew 4:10

Jesus said to the devil, “Go away from me, Satan! It is written \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [52]} \},

Matthew 4:5

Then the devil led Jesus to the holy city (Jerusalem). The devil put Jesus on a very high place on the temple. {\cf2\super [49]}

Matthew 4:8

Then the devil led Jesus to the top of a very high mountain. The devil showed Jesus all the kingdoms of the world, and all the great things that are in those kingdoms.

Luke 10:18

Jesus said to the men, “I saw Satan (the devil) falling like lightning from the sky.

Luke 13:16

This woman that I healed is our Jewish sister. {\cf2\super [240]} But Satan (the devil) has held her for 18 years. Surely it is not wrong for her to be made free from her sickness on a Sabbath day!”

Luke 22:3

One of Jesus’ twelve apostles {\cf2\super [341]} was named Judas Iscariot. Satan (the devil) went into Judas and made him do a bad thing.

Luke 22:31

“Satan (the devil) has asked to test you men like a farmer tests his wheat. O Simon, Simon (Peter),

Luke 8:12

What is the seed that fell beside the path? That is like the people that hear God’s teaching, but then the devil comes and makes them stop thinking about that teaching. So those people cannot believe the teaching and be saved.

John 12:31

Now is the time for the world to be judged. Now the ruler of this world (the devil) will be thrown out.

John 14:30

I will not talk with you much longer. The ruler of this world (the devil) is coming. He has no power over me.

John 16:11

And the Helper will prove to the world the truth about judgment, because the ruler of this world (the devil) is already judged.

John 8:44

Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies.

Acts 26:18

You will show the people the Truth. The people will turn away from darkness (sin) to the light (good). They will turn away from the power of Satan, and they will turn to God. Then their sins can be forgiven. They can have a share with those people who have been made holy {\cf2\super [494]} by believing in me.’”

Acts 5:3

Peter said, “Ananias, why did you let Satan (the devil) rule your heart? You lied and tried to deceive (fool) the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [85]} You sold your field, but why did you keep part of the money for yourself?

Romans 16:18

People like that are not serving our Lord Christ. They are only doing things to please themselves. They use fancy talk and say nice things to fool the people that don’t know about evil.

Romans 16:20

The God that brings peace will soon defeat Satan (the devil) and give you power over him.

2 Corinthians 11:14

That does not surprise us. Why? Even Satan (the devil) changes himself to \{make people think he is\} an angel of light. {\cf2\super [37]}

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that your minds will be led away from your true and pure following of Christ. This might happen the same as Eve was tricked (fooled) by the snake (the devil) with his evil ways.

2 Corinthians 12:7

But I must not become too proud of the wonderful things that were shown to me. So a painful problem {\cf2\super [45]} was given to me. That problem is an angel from Satan (the devil). It is sent to beat me and keep me from being too proud.

2 Corinthians 2:11

I did this so that Satan (the Devil) would not win anything from us. We know very well what Satan’s plans are.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The ruler {\cf2\super [17]} of this world (the devil) has blinded the minds of people who don’t believe. They cannot see the light (truth) of the Good News—the Good News about the glory of Christ. Christ is the One who is exactly like God.

Ephesians 4:14

Then we will not still be babies. We will not be people who change like a ship that the waves carry one way and then another. We will not be influenced (changed) by every new teaching we hear from people who try to fool us. Those people make plans and try any kind of trick to fool people into following the wrong way.

2 Thessalonians 2:3

Don’t let any person fool you in any way. \{That day of the Lord will not come\} until the turning away \{from God\} happens. And \{that day will not come\} until the Man of Evil appears (comes). That Man of Evil belongs to hell. {\cf2\super [4]}

1 Timothy 2:14

Also, Adam was not the one the devil tricked. {\cf2\super [8]} It was the woman who was tricked and became a sinner.

2 Timothy 3:13

People who are evil and cheat other people will become worse and worse. They will fool other people, but they will also be fooling themselves.

Hebrews 2:14

Those children are people with physical bodies. So Jesus himself became like those people and had the same experiences people have. Jesus did this so that, by dying, he could destroy the one who has the power of death. That one is the devil.

1 Peter 5:8

Control yourselves and be careful! The devil is your enemy. And he goes around like a roaring lion looking for some person to eat.

1 John 5:19

These are the people who divide you. These people do only what their sinful selves want. They don’t have the Spirit. {\cf2\super [9]}

Revelation 12:12

So be happy you heavens and all who live there! But it will be bad for the earth and sea, because the devil has gone down to you! The devil is filled with anger. He knows he doesn’t have much time.”

Revelation 12:3

Then another wonder appeared in heaven: There was a giant red snake there. The giant snake had seven heads with a crown on each head. The snake also had ten horns.

Revelation 12:7

Then there was a war in heaven. Michael {\cf2\super [91]} and his angels fought against the giant snake. The snake and his angels fought back.

Revelation 12:8

But the snake was not strong enough. The giant snake and his angels lost their place in heaven.

Revelation 13:14

This second animal fools the people that live on the earth. He fools them by using the miracles that he has been given the power to do. He does these miracles to serve the first animal. The second animal ordered people to make an idol {\cf2\super [96]} to honor the first animal. This was the animal that was wounded by the sword but did not die.

Revelation 16:14

These evil spirits are the spirits of demons. {\cf2\super [122]} They \{have power to\} do miracles. {\cf2\super [123]} These evil spirits go out to the rulers of the whole world. They go out to gather the rulers for battle on the great day of God the All-Powerful.

Revelation 18:2

The angel shouted with a powerful voice:

Revelation 18:23

The light of a lamp will never\par shine in you again.\par The voices of a bridegroom {\cf2\super [140]} and bride\par will never be heard in you again.\par Your merchants {\cf2\super [141]} were the world’s\par great people.\par All the nations were tricked by your magic.\par

Revelation 19:20

But the animal was captured. Also the false prophet {\cf2\super [149]} was captured. This false prophet was the one who did the miracles {\cf2\super [150]} for the animal. The false prophet had used these miracles to trick the people who had the mark of the animal and worshiped his idol. {\cf2\super [151]} The false prophet and the animal were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Revelation 2:13

I know where you live. You live where Satan (the devil) has his throne. But you are true to me. You did not refuse to tell about your faith in me even during the time of Antipas. Antipas was my faithful witness {\cf2\super [16]} who was killed in your city. Your city is where Satan lives.

Revelation 2:24

“But you other people in Thyatira have not followed her teaching. You have not learned the things that they call Satan’s (the devil’s) deep secrets. This is what I say to you: I will not put any other burden on you.

Revelation 2:9

I know your troubles, and I know that you are poor. But really you are rich! I know the bad things that some people say \{about you\}. Those people say they are Jews. But they are not true Jews. They are a synagogue (group) that belongs to Satan (the devil).

Revelation 20:10

And Satan (the one who tricked those people) was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur with the animal and the false prophet. {\cf2\super [155]} There they will be tortured (punished) day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 20:8

Satan will go out to trick the nations in all the earth—Gog and Magog. Satan will gather the people for battle. There will be so many people that they will be like sand on the seashore.

Revelation 3:9

Listen! There is a synagogue (group) that belongs to Satan (the devil). Those people say they are Jews, but they are liars. Those people are not \{true\} Jews. I will make those people come before you and bow at your feet. They will know that you are the people I have loved.

Revelation 9:1

The fifth angel blew his trumpet. Then I saw a star fall from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the deep hole that leads down to the bottomless pit.

Revelation 9:20

The other people \{on the earth\} were not killed by these bad things. But these people still did not change their hearts and lives and turn away from the things they had made with their own hands. They did not stop worshiping demons {\cf2\super [72]} and idols {\cf2\super [73]} made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—things that cannot see or hear or walk.