Revelation 12:4

God's Word

Its tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky and threw them down to earth. The serpent stood in front of the woman who was going to give birth so that it could devour her child when it was born.

Cross References

Exodus 1:16

“When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth, look at the child when you deliver it. If it’s a boy, kill it, but if it’s a girl, let it live.”

Isaiah 27:1

On that day the Lord will use his fierce and powerful sword to punish Leviathan, that slippery snake, Leviathan, that twisting snake. He will kill that monster which lives in the sea.

John 8:44

You come from your father, the devil, and you desire to do what your father wants you to do. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He has never been truthful. He doesn’t know what the truth is. Whenever he tells a lie, he’s doing what comes naturally to him. He’s a liar and the father of lies.

1 Peter 5:8

Keep your mind clear, and be alert. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion as he looks for someone to devour.

Revelation 12:7

Then a war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels had to fight a war with the serpent. The serpent and its angels fought.

Revelation 12:9

The huge serpent was thrown down. That ancient snake, named Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, was thrown down to earth. Its angels were thrown down with it.

Revelation 13:2

The beast that I saw was like a leopard. Its feet were like bear’s feet. Its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The serpent gave its power, kingdom, and far-reaching authority to the beast.

Revelation 13:4

They worshiped the serpent because it had given authority to the beast. They also worshiped the beast and said, “Who is like the beast? Who can fight a war with it?”

Revelation 16:13

Then I saw three evil spirits like frogs come out of the mouths of the serpent, the beast, and the false prophet.

Revelation 17:18

The woman you saw is the important city which dominates the kings of the earth.”

Revelation 20:2

He overpowered the serpent, that ancient snake, named Devil and Satan. The angel chained up the serpent for 1,000 years.

Revelation 8:10

When the third angel blew his trumpet, a huge star flaming like a torch fell from the sky. It fell on one-third of the rivers and on the springs.

Revelation 8:11

That star was named Wormwood. One-third of the water turned into wormwood, and many people died from this water because it had turned bitter.

Revelation 8:12

When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, one-third of the sun, one-third of the moon, and one-third of the stars were struck so that one-third of them turned dark. There was no light for one-third of the day and one-third of the night.

Revelation 8:7

When the first angel blew his trumpet, hail and fire were mixed with blood, and were thrown on the earth. One-third of the earth was burned up, one-third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

Revelation 8:8

When the second angel blew his trumpet, something like a huge mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. One-third of the sea turned into blood,

Revelation 8:9

one-third of the creatures that were living in the sea died, and one-third of the ships were destroyed.

Revelation 9:10

They had tails and stingers like scorpions. They had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months.

Revelation 9:19

The power of these horses is in their mouths and their tails. (Their tails have heads like snakes which they use to hurt people.)