The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. Apocalypse 9:1-2 (NIV) ✝
Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. Apocalypse 9:3-4 (ESV) ✝
They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them. Apocalypse 9:5-6 (NIV) ✝
The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. Apocalypse 9:7-8 (NIV) ✝
They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. Apocalypse 9:9-10 (NIV) ✝
They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer). Apocalypse 9:11 (NIV) ✝
The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. Apocalypse 9:1-2 (NIV) ✝
Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. Apocalypse 9:3-4 (ESV) ✝
They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them. Apocalypse 9:5-6 (NIV) ✝
The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. Apocalypse 9:7-8 (NIV) ✝
They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. Apocalypse 9:9-10 (NIV) ✝
They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer). Apocalypse 9:11 (NIV) ✝
If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own. He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
John 7:17-18 (BSB)
I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.
Psalm 40:8 (BSB)
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep. 2 Peter 2:3 (BSB)
But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. 2 Peter 2:1 (NIV)
Those false teachers are so eager to win your favor,
but their intentions are not good.
They are trying to shut you off from me
so that you will pay attention only to them.
Galatians 4:17 (NLT)
Submit yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:7 (ESV)
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain,
for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished
who takes His name in vain.
Exodus 20:7 (BSB)
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Matthew 5:9 (NIV)
