Revelation 12:1

A great sign appears: a woman clothed with the sun, moon underfoot, crowned with twelve stars. She represents God's covenant people from whom the Messiah comes.

Cross-references · 34

• Luke 21:25There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
• Eph 5:32This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
• Isa 62:3You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
• Luke 21:11There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
• Isa 54:5–7For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
• Isa 60:19–20No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
• Ps 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
• Song 6:10Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?
• Zech 9:16On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.
• Matt 24:30At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
• Isa 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
• Mark 13:25the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
• Ps 104:2He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
• 2 Chr 32:31And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
• Rev 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
• Isa 60:1–4Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
• Rev 15:1Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.
• Isa 49:14–23But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
• Acts 2:19I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
• Rev 11:19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
• Mal 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
• Rev 12:3Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
• Titus 2:11–12For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
• Gal 6:14But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
• Matt 12:38Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
• Rev 21:14The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
• Gal 3:27For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
• Eph 5:25–27Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
• Rom 3:22And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
• 2 Cor 11:2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
• John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
• Rev 1:20This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
• Hos 2:19–20So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
• Rom 13:14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

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