Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

They should not

They should be

And their

Bible References

It was

Revelation 13:5
And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to make war forty-two months.
John 19:11
Jesus answered, Thou wouldest have had no authority over me, unless it had been given thee from above: for this reason, he that hath delivered me up to thee hath the greater crime.

They should not

Revelation 11:7
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast which ascendeth out of hell shall make war with them, and shall overcome them, and put them to death.

They should be

Revelation 9:10
And they had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and they had power to hurt men five months.

And their

Revelation 9:3
And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon the earth; and power was given to them, such power as the scorpions of the earth possess.