Luke 21:26
Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Cross-reference
Deuteronomy 28:65-67 paints constant dread that makes hearts fail — the same covenant curse backdrop for the terror here.
In Matthew 24:29, the same cosmic shaking is detailed — sun darkening, stars falling — fulfilling the fear here.
Mark 13:25 records the same prophecy of stars falling and heavens shaking — the cosmic event causing the terror.
2 Peter 3:10-12 depicts heavens destroyed by fire — a more intense version of the shaking that triggers fear here.
In Ezekiel 21:7, every heart melts and spirits faint because of news coming — directly parallel to Luke's men fainting from expectation.
Joel 2:10 describes the heavens trembling and stars darkening — identical imagery to Luke's shaken powers of heaven.
Joel 3:15 says sun and moon darken, stars lose brightness — parallel to the cosmic signs in Luke.
In Jeremiah 4:23, the heavens having no light parallels the cosmic shaking in Luke — both depict divine judgment causing terror and darkness.
In Leviticus 26:36, faintness from fear is a covenant curse — the same terror here accompanies end-time judgment.
Deuteronomy 28:32-34 describes mental anguish from covenant curses — similar terror grips people in Luke's end-time scenario.
In Job 9:7, God's power to darken the sun and seal stars echoes the shaking of heavenly powers described here.
In Isaiah 5:30, darkness and sorrow on the land parallel the distress and fear of cosmic upheaval.
In Isaiah 8:22, trouble, darkness, and gloom of anguish parallel the terror and expectation of disaster here.
Jeremiah 30:5 speaks of trembling and fear, echoing the fainting from expectation in Luke — both anticipate coming judgment.
Hebrews 10:27 describes a 'fearful expectation' of judgment — the same terror-filled anticipation of what's coming as in Luke.