Revelation 6:10

The martyrs cry out, asking how long until God judges and avenges their blood. Their prayer voices the righteous longing for God's justice against persistent evil.

Cross-references · 29

• Rev 19:2For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
• Ps 9:12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
• Rev 11:18And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
• Rom 12:19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
• Rev 16:5–7And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
• Luke 18:7–8And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
• 2 Th 1:6–8Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
• Luke 21:22For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
• Rev 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
• Zech 1:12Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
• Rev 18:20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
• Rev 15:3–4And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
• Deut 32:36–43For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
• Gen 4:10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
• Ps 58:10–11The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
• Rev 18:24And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
• Ps 79:10Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
• 1 Sam 24:12The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
• Isa 63:1–6Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
• Heb 12:24And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
• Judg 16:28And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
• Rev 3:10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
• Ps 74:9–10We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
• Dan 12:6And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
• Ps 94:3–4LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
• Ps 13:1How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
• Isa 61:2To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
• Ps 35:17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
• Dan 8:13Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?

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