Revelation 1:3

New English Translation

Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy aloud, and blessed are those who hear and obey the things written in it, because the time is near!

Cross References

Proverbs 8:34

Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.

Jeremiah 51:61

Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon, make sure you read aloud all these prophecies.

Matthew 24:15

“So when you see the abomination of desolation – spoken about by Daniel the prophet – standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

Luke 11:28

But he replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

Romans 13:11

And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.

Romans 13:12

The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.

1 Peter 4:7

For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.

2 Peter 3:8

Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day.

Revelation 22:10

Then he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy contained in this book, because the time is near.

Revelation 22:12

(Look! I am coming soon, and my reward is with me to pay each one according to what he has done!

Revelation 22:20

The one who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon!” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!

Revelation 3:11

I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have so that no one can take away your crown.