Matthew 24:8
But all these things are the first of the troubles.
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Matthew 24:7
For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;
Luke 21:8
And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.
Luke 21:9
And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your ears, have no fear; for these things have to be, but the end will not be now.
Luke 21:10
Then he said to them, Nation will be moved against nation and kingdom against kingdom:
Luke 21:11
There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.
Luke 21:12
But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.
Mark 13:7
And when you have news of wars and talk of wars, do not be troubled; these things have to be, but it is still not the end.
Mark 13:8
Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles.
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.
Micah 4:9
Now why are you crying so loudly? is there no king in you? has destruction come on your wise helper? so that pains have taken you like the pains of a woman in childbirth:
Micah 4:10
Be in pain, make sounds of grief, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in childbirth: for now you will go out of the town, living in the open country, and will come even to Babylon; there you will have salvation; there the Lord will make you free from the hands of your haters.
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