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
They have tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability to injure people for five months is in their tails.
Daniel 8:9
From one of them came a small horn. But it grew to be very big, toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land.

Of the

Revelation 17:18
As for the woman you saw, she is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth."

General references

Deuteronomy 32:11
Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, so the Lord spread out his wings and took him, he lifted him up on his pinions.
Isaiah 66:7
Before she goes into labor, she gives birth! Before her contractions begin, she delivers a boy!
Daniel 7:21
While I was watching, that horn began to wage war against the holy ones and was defeating them,
Matthew 2:7
Then Herod privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.
Acts 7:19
This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
Revelation 12:13
Now when the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

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