Mark 13:8

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Nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines too. These are the beginnings of the world's birth pains.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 15:6

Nation fought nation, and town fought town, for God threw them into a panic with all kinds of trouble.

Psalm 48:6

They shook all over, and were in agonizing pain like a woman giving birth,

Isaiah 19:2

I will encourage Egyptians to attack other Egyptians. They will fight each other, neighbor versus neighbor, town versus town, and kingdom versus kingdom.

Isaiah 29:6

the Lord Almighty will arrive with thunder, earthquake, and tremendous noise, with whirlwind, storm, and flames of fire that burn everything up.

Isaiah 37:3

They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of trouble and of punishment. It's like when babies arrive at the entrance to the birth canal but there's no strength to deliver them.

Jeremiah 13:21

What are you going to say when he puts your enemies in charge of you, people you once counted as your friends? Won't you suffer pains like a woman in labor?

Jeremiah 22:23

You who live in “Lebanon” in your cedar nest, how much you're going to groan when agonizing pains hit you like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 25:32

This is what the Lord Almighty says: Watch out! Disaster is falling on one nation after another; an immense storm is building up in the far distance.

Jeremiah 4:31

I hear the cries like a woman in labor, the agonizing moans of a woman giving birth to her first child. These are the cries of the Daughter of Zion gasping for air, holding out her hands, saying, “Please help me—I'm being murdered!”

Jeremiah 49:24

The people of Damascus are demoralized—they turn and run away in panic, overcome by pain and anguish like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon has heard the news and he's terrified. He's overcome with fear, in pain like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 6:24

The people reply, “We've heard the news, and our hands are limp with shock! We're overcome with agony, suffering pain like a woman in labor.

Haggai 2:22

I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the nations' kingdoms. I will overthrow the chariots and their riders. The horses and riders will fall, and the men will kill each other by the sword.

Zechariah 14:13

On that day the Lord will strike them with a terrible panic, and they will seize one another, and fight hand-to-hand.

Matthew 24:8

but all these things are just the beginnings of birth pains.

Mark 13:7

Don't be troubled when you hear of wars nearby and wars far away. These things must happen but this is not the end.

Mark 13:9

Watch out for yourselves! They will hand you over to the courts to be tried. You will be beaten in synagogues. Because of me you will have to stand before governors and kings, and you will be witnesses to them.

Acts 11:28

One of them called Agabus stood up and gave a prophetic warning by the Spirit that there would be a terrible famine that would affect the known world. (This came true in the reign of Emperor Claudius.)

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people talk about peace and security suddenly they will be completely ruined. It will be just like the sudden onset of childbirth, and they certainly won't escape.

Revelation 6:4

Another horse came out, a red one. Its rider was given a large sword, and the power to take away peace from the earth so that people would slaughter one other.