Revelation 6:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Then I watched while he broke open the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; the sun turned as black as dark sackcloth and the whole moon became like blood.

Cross References

Isaiah 24:23

Then the moon will blush and the sun be ashamed, For the Lord of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, glorious in the sight of the elders.

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 34:4

All the host of heaven shall rot; the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll. All their host shall wither away, as the leaf wilts on the vine, or as the fig withers on the tree.

Isaiah 50:3

I clothe the heavens in black, and make sackcloth their covering.

Joel 2:10

Before them the earth trembles; the heavens shake; Sun and moon are darkened, and the stars withhold their brightness.

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos, who was one of the sheepbreeders from Tekoa, which he received in a vision concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Amos 8:9

On that day—oracle of the Lord God— I will make the sun set at midday and in broad daylight cover the land with darkness.

Zechariah 14:5

You will flee by the valley between the mountains, for the valley between the mountains will reach to Azal. Thus you will flee as you fled because of the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord, my God, will come, and all his holy ones with him. Jerusalem Restored.

Matthew 11:21

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 24:29

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Matthew 24:7

Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be famines and earthquakes from place to place.

Matthew 27:45

From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

Matthew 27:54

The centurion and the men with him who were keeping watch over Jesus feared greatly when they saw the earthquake and all that was happening, and they said, “Truly, this was the Son of God!”

Matthew 28:2

And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, approached, rolled back the stone, and sat upon it.

Mark 15:33

At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

Revelation 11:13

At that moment there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell in ruins. Seven thousand people were killed during the earthquake; the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Revelation 16:18

Then there were lightning flashes, rumblings, and peals of thunder, and a great earthquake. It was such a violent earthquake that there has never been one like it since the human race began on earth.

Revelation 16:8

The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun. It was given the power to burn people with fire.

Revelation 8:12

When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, a third of the sun, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them became dark. The day lost its light for a third of the time, as did the night.

Revelation 8:5

Then the angel took the censer, filled it with burning coals from the altar, and hurled it down to the earth. There were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. The First Four Trumpets.