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 13:7–8And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
• Luke 21:9But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
• 1 Pet 3:14–15But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
• John 14:1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
• Isa 8:12–14Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
• Ps 112:7He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
• John 14:27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
• Ps 46:1–3God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
• 2 Th 2:2That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
• Matt 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
• Hab 3:16–18When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
• Luke 21:19In your patience possess ye your souls.
• Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
• Isa 26:3–4Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
• Ps 27:1–3The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
• Matt 26:54But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
• Ezek 21:9–15Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
• Isa 26:20–21Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
• Ezek 21:28And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
• Ezek 14:17–21Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
• Luke 22:37For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
• Ezek 7:24–26Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
• Jer 6:22–24Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
• Jer 8:15–16We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
• Acts 27:24–26Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
• Jer 4:19–22My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
• Dan 11:1–45Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
• Dan 9:24–27Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
• Jer 47:6O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

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