Revelation 12:4
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Cross-reference
In Revelation 12:2, the woman is in labor; in 12:4, the dragon waits to devour her child — immediate narrative context.
Revelation 12:13 shows the dragon pursuing the woman — a continuation of his intent to devour her child from this verse.
Revelation 12:7 recounts war in heaven — the dragon's conflict escalates after his earthly action here.
Revelation 12:6 describes the woman fleeing to the wilderness — a direct result of the dragon's attempt to devour her child in this verse.
Revelation 12:3 introduces the dragon with seven heads — the same dragon whose tail sweeps stars here, continuing the vision.
Revelation 13:2 has the dragon giving power to the beast — the same dragon who swept stars here, now empowering an agent.
John 8:44 calls the devil a murderer from the beginning, matching the dragon's intent to devour the child.
1 Peter 5:8 says the devil prowls seeking someone to devour, directly paralleling the dragon's predatory stance.
In Exodus 1:16, Pharaoh orders Hebrew male infants killed — a type of the dragon seeking to devour the promised child.
In Matthew 2:3-16, Herod kills Bethlehem's infants to destroy Jesus — a NT echo of the dragon's attempt on the male child.
In Daniel 8:9-12, a little horn casts down stars, mirroring the dragon's tail sweeping stars — an OT vision of cosmic rebellion.
Matthew 2:13 shows Herod seeking to kill the infant Jesus, mirroring the dragon's attempt to devour the male child.
Acts 7:19 recounts Pharaoh's decree to expose Hebrew infants, a type of the dragon's attempt to kill the infant Messiah.
Daniel 8:10 has the horn throwing down stars from heaven, directly paralleling the dragon sweeping a third of the stars.
Daniel 7:21 describes the horn making war with saints, paralleling the dragon's war against the woman's offspring.
Ezekiel 29:3 calls Pharaoh a 'great dragon', an OT type of the enemy, prefiguring the dragon as Satan.
Psalm 22:9 speaks of God's care from the womb, contrasting the dragon's attempt to destroy the newborn.
Deuteronomy 32:11 depicts God as an eagle protecting its young, contrasting with the dragon's destructive intent toward the child.