Revelation 7

1After this, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.Cross-references: Isa 11:12 · Isa 27:3 · Isa 27:8 · Jer 49:36 · Ezek 7:2 · Ezek 37:9 · +13 more

2I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,Cross-references: Deut 5:26 · 1Sam 17:26 · 1Sam 17:36 · 2Ki 19:4 · Song 8:6 · Mal 3:1 · +18 more

3saying, “Don’t harm the earth, the sea, or the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!”Cross-references: Ex 9:4 · Ex 12:13 · Ex 12:23 · Isa 6:13 · Isa 26:20 · Isa 27:8 · +19 more

4I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:Cross-references: Gen 15:5 · Ezek 47:13 · Ezek 48:19 · Ezek 48:31 · Zech 9:1 · Matt 19:28 · +8 moreExamined: Jehovah's Witnesses →

5of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed, of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,Cross-references: Ex 1:2 · Num 1:4 · Num 10:14 · Num 13:4 · 1Cor 2:1

6of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,Cross-references: Luke 2:36

7of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,Cross-references: Gen 29:34 · Gen 30:18 · Gen 35:23 · Gen 49:5 · Gen 49:11 · Ex 6:16 · +6 more

8of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, and of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.

9After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.Cross-references: Gen 13:16 · Gen 49:10 · Lev 23:40 · Ps 2:8 · Ps 22:27 · Ps 72:7 · +31 moreExamined: Jehovah's Witnesses →

10They cried with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”Cross-references: Ps 3:8 · Ps 37:39 · Ps 68:19 · Ps 115:1 · Isa 43:11 · Isa 45:15 · +20 more

11All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God,Cross-references: Ps 45:11 · Ps 97:7 · Ps 103:20 · Ps 148:1 · Matt 4:10 · John 5:23 · +9 more

12saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”Cross-references: Neh 12:8 · Neh 12:46 · Ps 41:13 · Ps 50:14 · Ps 72:19 · Ps 89:52 · +19 more

13One of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are arrayed in the white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?”Cross-references: Gen 16:8 · Judg 13:6 · John 7:28 · Rev 4:4 · Rev 4:10 · Rev 5:5 · +2 more

14I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering. They washed their robes and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.Cross-references: Ex 37:3 · Isa 1:18 · Zech 3:3 · Zech 13:1 · Matt 24:21 · John 13:8 · +18 more

15Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.Cross-references: Ex 29:45 · 1Ki 6:13 · 1Chr 23:25 · Ps 68:16 · Ps 134:1 · Isa 4:5 · +13 moreExamined: Jehovah's Witnesses →

16They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat;Cross-references: Ps 42:2 · Ps 63:1 · Ps 121:6 · Ps 143:6 · Song 1:6 · Isa 4:5 · +16 more

17for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”Cross-references: Ps 22:26 · Ps 23:1 · Ps 23:5 · Ps 28:9 · Ps 36:8 · Song 1:7 · +29 more