Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

Bible References

His tail

Revelation 9:10
And they have tails similar in appearance to scorpions, and stings, and their power to injure people [for] five months [is] in their tails.
Daniel 8:9
{And from one of them} came forth horn, {a little one}, and it grew exceedingly toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the beautiful land.

Of the

Revelation 17:18
And the woman that you saw is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth.

General references

Deuteronomy 32:11
As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreads out its wings, takes them, carries them on its pinions,
Isaiah 66:7
Before she was in labor she gave birth; before labor pains came to her, she gave birth to a son.
Daniel 7:21
{I continued watching}, and this horn made war with [the] holy ones and it prevailed over them,
Matthew 2:7
Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men [and] determined precisely from them the time [when] the star appeared.
Acts 7:19
This man deceitfully took advantage of our people [and] mistreated our ancestors, {causing them to abandon their infants} so that they would not be kept alive.
Revelation 12:13
And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male [child].