Revelation 14:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins; these follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from humankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb,

Cross References

Psalm 45:14

in many-colored robes she is led to the king; behind her the virgins, her companions, follow.

Psalm 74:2

Remember your congregation, which you acquired long ago, which you redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage. Remember Mount Zion, where you came to dwell.

Song of Solomon 1:3

your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is perfume poured out; therefore the maidens love you.

Song of Solomon 6:8

There are sixty queens and eighty concubines and maidens without number.

Jeremiah 2:3

Israel was holy to the Lord, the first fruits of his harvest. All who ate of it were held guilty; disaster came upon them, says the Lord.

Amos 6:1

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and for those who feel secure on Mount Samaria, the notables of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel resorts!

Matthew 19:12

For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”

Matthew 25:1

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten young women took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.

Matthew 8:19

A scribe then approached and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

John 10:27

My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me.

John 12:26

Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.

John 13:37

Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

John 8:12

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

1 Corinthians 16:15

Now, brothers and sisters, you know that members of the household of Stephanas were the first fruits in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints;

1 Corinthians 6:20

For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.

1 Corinthians 7:28

But if you marry, you do not sin, and if a virgin marries, she does not sin. Yet those who marry will experience distress in the flesh, and I would spare you that.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Ephesians 1:14

this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 5:27

so as to present the church to himself in splendor, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, so that she may be holy and without blemish.

1 Timothy 4:3

They forbid marriage and abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Hebrews 12:23

and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

James 1:18

In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Revelation 17:14

they will wage war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”

Revelation 21:22

I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.

Revelation 21:23

And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Revelation 3:4

Yet you have still a few persons in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes; they will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.

Revelation 5:9

They sing a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to break its seals, for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God saints from every tribe and language and people and nation;