Mark 13:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes from place to place and there will be famines. These are the beginnings of the labor pains. The Coming Persecution.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 15:6

Nation crushed nation and city crushed city, for God overwhelmed them with every kind of distress.

Psalm 48:6

When they looked they were astounded; terrified, they were put to flight!

Isaiah 19:2

I will stir up Egypt against Egypt: brother will war against brother, Neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

Isaiah 29:6

you shall be visited by the Lord of hosts, With thunder, earthquake, and great noise, whirlwind, storm, and the flame of consuming fire.

Isaiah 37:3

“Thus says Hezekiah: A day of distress and rebuke, a day of disgrace is this day! Children are due to come forth, but the strength to give birth is lacking.

Jeremiah 13:21

What will you say when rulers are appointed over you, those you taught to be allies? Will not pains seize you like those of a woman giving birth?

Jeremiah 22:23

You who dwell on Lebanon, who nest in the cedars, How you shall groan when pains come upon you, like the pangs of a woman in childbirth!

Jeremiah 25:32

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Look! disaster stalks nation after nation; A violent storm surges from the recesses of the earth.

Jeremiah 4:31

Yes, I hear the cry, like that of a woman in labor, like the anguish of a mother bearing her first child— The cry of daughter Zion gasping, as she stretches out her hands: “Ah, woe is me! I sink exhausted before my killers!”

Jeremiah 49:24

Damascus loses heart, turns to flee; panic has seized it. Distress and pangs take hold, like the pain of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon hears news of them, and his hands hang helpless; Anguish takes hold of him, like the pangs of a woman giving birth.

Jeremiah 6:24

We hear news of them; our hands hang helpless, Anguish takes hold of us, pangs like a woman in childbirth.

Haggai 2:22

I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms, and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the riders with their horses will fall by each other’s swords.

Zechariah 14:13

On that day a great panic from the Lord will be upon them. They will seize each other’s hands, and their hands will be raised against each other.

Matthew 24:8

All these are the beginning of the labor pains.

Mark 13:7

When you hear of wars and reports of wars do not be alarmed; such things must happen, but it will not yet be the end.

Mark 13:9

“Watch out for yourselves. They will hand you over to the courts. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will be arraigned before governors and kings because of me, as a witness before them.

Acts 11:28

and one of them named Agabus stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine all over the world, and it happened under Claudius.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people are saying, “Peace and security,” then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Revelation 6:4

Another horse came out, a red one. Its rider was given power to take peace away from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another. And he was given a huge sword.