Revelation 12:17

New Century Version

Then the dragon was very angry at the woman, and he went off to make war against all her other children—those who obey God’s commands and who have the message Jesus taught.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your descendants and her descendants will be enemies. One of her descendants will crush your head, and you will bite his heel.”

Daniel 11:36

“The king of the North will do whatever he wants. He will brag about himself and praise himself and think he is even better than a god. He will say things against the God of gods that no one has ever heard. And he will be successful until all the bad things have happened. Then what God has planned to happen will happen.

Matthew 28:20

Teach them to obey everything that I have taught you, and I will be with you always, even until the end of this age.”

John 8:44

You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning and was against the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he shows what he is really like, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

1 Corinthians 2:1

Dear brothers and sisters, when I came to you, I did not come preaching God’s secret with fancy words or a show of human wisdom.

1 Peter 5:8

Control yourselves and be careful! The devil, your enemy, goes around like a roaring lion looking for someone to eat.

1 John 2:3

We can be sure that we know God if we obey his commands.

1 John 5:10

Anyone who believes in the Son of God has the truth that God told us. Anyone who does not believe makes God a liar, because that person does not believe what God told us about his Son.

1 John 5:2

This is how we know we love God’s children: when we love God and obey his commands.

Revelation 1:2

who has told everything he has seen. It is the word of God; it is the message from Jesus Christ.

Revelation 1:9

I, John, am your brother. All of us share with Christ in suffering, in the kingdom, and in patience to continue. I was on the island of Patmos, because I had preached the word of God and the message about Jesus.

Revelation 11:7

When the two witnesses have finished telling their message, the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit will fight a war against them. He will defeat them and kill them.

Revelation 12:16

But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that came from the mouth of the dragon.

Revelation 13:7

It was given power to make war against God’s holy people and to defeat them. It was given power over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

Revelation 14:12

This means God’s holy people must be patient. They must obey God’s commands and keep their faith in Jesus.

Revelation 17:14

They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will defeat them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. He will defeat them with his called, chosen, and faithful followers.”

Revelation 17:6

Then I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people and with the blood of those who were killed because of their faith in Jesus. When I saw the woman, I was very amazed.

Revelation 18:20

Be happy because of this, heaven! Be happy, God’s holy people and apostles and prophets! God has punished her because of what she did to you.”

Revelation 19:10

Then I bowed down at the angel’s feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Do not worship me! I am a servant like you and your brothers and sisters who have the message of Jesus. Worship God, because the message about Jesus is the spirit that gives all prophecy.”

Revelation 19:19

Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth. Their armies were gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and his army.

Revelation 20:4

Then I saw some thrones and people sitting on them who had been given the power to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been killed because they were faithful to the message of Jesus and the message from God. They had not worshiped the beast or his idol, and they had not received the mark of the beast on their foreheads or on their hands. They came back to life and ruled with Christ for a thousand years.

Revelation 22:14

“Blessed are those who wash their robes so that they will receive the right to eat the fruit from the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.

Revelation 6:9

When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been killed because they were faithful to the word of God and to the message they had received.