Revelation 14:15 directly commands the one on the cloud to reap, providing the action that follows the description of the sickle in 14:14.

Revelation 14:16 shows the actual reaping, fulfilling the command of 14:15 and completing the harvest imagery introduced with the sickle in 14:14.

In Revelation 14:17, another angel also has a sharp sickle, mirroring the Son of Man's harvest imagery. Both are part of the same judgment vision.

Revelation 1:7 depicts the Son of Man coming with clouds — the same image of a divine figure on a cloud appears here in 14:14.

Revelation 1:13 also describes 'one like a son of man' — here the same figure appears, now with a golden crown and sickle for judgment.

Revelation 19:12 shows Christ with many crowns at his final coming — here he wears a golden crown for the harvest judgment.

Revelation 10:1 describes a mighty angel wrapped in a cloud — similar cloud imagery, though here the figure is the Son of Man, not an angel.

In Psalm 97:2, clouds surround God's throne — here the Son of Man sits on a cloud, echoing divine majesty.

In Isaiah 19:1, the LORD rides a swift cloud in judgment — here the Son of Man sits on a cloud, similarly coming to judge.

Ezekiel 1:26 describes a throne with a human-like figure — here the Son of Man sits on a cloud as a throne, echoing that theophany.

Daniel 7:13 is the source for 'one like a son of man' coming with clouds — John applies this messianic vision to Jesus here.

Joel 3:13 directly commands 'put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe,' the exact imagery used for the Son of Man's sickle.

Matthew 13:30 describes the harvest at the end of the age with reapers gathering wheat and tares, parallel to this harvest judgment.

Luke 21:27 records Jesus' prophecy of the Son of Man coming on a cloud — here John sees that very scene.