Revelation 9:10

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 10:11

And now, whereas my father laid upon you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’ ”

2 Chronicles 10:14

King Rehoboam spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”

Ezekiel 2:6

And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you sit upon scorpions; be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

Luke 11:12

or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

Revelation 9:19

For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; their tails are like serpents, with heads, and by means of them they wound.

Revelation 9:3

Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth;

Revelation 9:5

they were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it stings a man.