Revelation 5:8

New American Bible - revised edition

When he took it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of the elders held a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the holy ones.

Cross References

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be incense before you; my uplifted hands an evening offering.

Psalm 150:3

Give praise with blasts upon the horn, praise him with harp and lyre.

Psalm 33:2

Give thanks to the Lord on the harp; on the ten-stringed lyre offer praise.

Psalm 43:4

That I may come to the altar of God, to God, my joy, my delight. Then I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God.

Psalm 81:2

Sing joyfully to God our strength; raise loud shouts to the God of Jacob!

Numbers 7:62

one gold cup of ten shekels’ weight filled with incense;

John 1:29

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

John 5:23

so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

Hebrews 1:6

And again, when he leads the first-born into the world, he says: “Let all the angels of God worship him.”

Revelation 13:8

All the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, all whose names were not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life, which belongs to the Lamb who was slain.

Revelation 15:2

Then I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire. On the sea of glass were standing those who had won the victory over the beast and its image and the number that signified its name. They were holding God’s harps,

Revelation 15:7

One of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven gold bowls filled with the fury of God, who lives forever and ever.

Revelation 19:4

The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, “Amen. Alleluia.” The Victory Song.

Revelation 4:10

the twenty-four elders fall down before the one who sits on the throne and worship him, who lives forever and ever. They throw down their crowns before the throne, exclaiming:

Revelation 4:4

Surrounding the throne I saw twenty-four other thrones on which twenty-four elders sat, dressed in white garments and with gold crowns on their heads.

Revelation 4:6

In front of the throne was something that resembled a sea of glass like crystal. In the center and around the throne, there were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back.

Revelation 4:8

The four living creatures, each of them with six wings, were covered with eyes inside and out. Day and night they do not stop exclaiming: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.”

Revelation 5:11

I looked again and heard the voices of many angels who surrounded the throne and the living creatures and the elders. They were countless in number,

Revelation 5:12

and they cried out in a loud voice: “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength, honor and glory and blessing.”

Revelation 5:14

The four living creatures answered, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Revelation 5:6

Then I saw standing in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and the elders a Lamb that seemed to have been slain. He had seven horns and seven eyes; these are the [seven] spirits of God sent out into the whole world.

Revelation 6:1

Then I watched while the Lamb broke open the first of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures cry out in a voice like thunder, “Come forward.”