Matthew 24:6

Wars and rumors of wars will come, but disciples must not be alarmed, for the end is not yet. It cautions against reading every crisis as the immediate end.

Cross-references · 29

• Mark 13:7–8When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.
• Luke 21:9When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”
• 1 Pet 3:14–15But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
• John 14:1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.
• Isa 8:12–14“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
• Ps 112:7He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
• John 14:27Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
• Ps 46:1–3For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
• 2 Th 2:2not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.
• Matt 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
• Hab 3:16–18I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.
• Luke 21:19By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.
• Isa 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
• Isa 26:3–4You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
• Ps 27:1–3Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
• Matt 26:54But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”
• Ezek 21:9–15“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—
• Isa 26:20–21Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
• Ezek 21:28Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—
• Ezek 14:17–21Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
• Luke 22:37For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
• Ezek 7:24–26So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.
• Jer 6:22–24This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.
• Jer 8:15–16We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
• Acts 27:24–26and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
• Jer 4:19–22My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
• Dan 11:1–45“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.
• Dan 9:24–27Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
• Jer 47:6‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’

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