Revelation 22:18

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“I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.”

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BSBPD

“I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the plagues which are written in this book:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`For I testify to every one hearing the words of the prophecy of this scroll, if any one may add unto these, God shall add to him the plagues that have been written in this scroll,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Revelation 22:18 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:18And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
  2. Leviticus 26:24then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.
  3. Leviticus 26:28then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.
  4. Leviticus 26:37They will stumble over one another as before the sword, though no one is behind them. So you will not be able to stand against your enemies.
  5. Deuteronomy 4:2You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
  6. Deuteronomy 12:32See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
  7. Proverbs 30:6Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.
  8. Matthew 15:6he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
  9. Matthew 15:13But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.
  10. Ephesians 4:17So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
  11. 1 Thessalonians 4:6and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
  12. Revelation 1:3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
  13. Revelation 3:14To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.
  14. Revelation 14:10he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
  15. Revelation 15:1Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.
  16. Revelation 15:6And out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean and bright linen and girded with golden sashes around their chests.
  17. Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
  18. Revelation 20:10And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
  19. Revelation 20:15And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
  20. Revelation 22:7“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”
  21. Revelation 22:16“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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