Revelation 6:8

And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Cross-reference

In Revelation 20:13, Death and Hades give up the dead—the same personified figures first introduced here as the pale horse's rider and follower.

In Revelation 20:14, Death and Hades are thrown into the lake of fire—the final destiny of the figures introduced here.

In Revelation 14:1, the Lamb stands with the redeemed on Mount Zion — a stark contrast to the pale horse of death and hell in this verse.

Revelation 8:7-12 describes the trumpet judgments — further destruction that escalates the fourth seal's permission to kill a fourth.

In Revelation 9:15, angels kill a third of mankind — a parallel judgment escalating from the fourth seal's 'fourth' to a 'third'.

Leviticus 26:22-33 lists sword, famine, plague, wild beasts — the exact four judgments given to Death here, echoing covenant curses.

Jeremiah 15:3 lists four destroyers: sword, dogs, birds, beasts — parallel to the four judgments of Death's horseman.

Ezekiel 5:15-17 explicitly lists the same four judgments: famine, wild beasts, pestilence, sword — direct parallel.

Ezekiel 14:13-21 names 'four disastrous acts of judgment': sword, famine, wild beasts, pestilence — identical to the horseman's powers.

In 1 Corinthians 15:55, Paul taunts death's defeat through resurrection — the opposite of Death's victory in judgment here.

Hosea 13:14 Contrast

In Hosea 13:14, God declares He will ransom from death and be death's plague — a direct reversal of Death's destructive role here.

Isaiah 25:8 Contrast

In Isaiah 25:8, God promises to swallow up death forever — the opposite of Death's temporary authority here to kill.

In Jeremiah 15:2, God declares punishments of death, sword, and famine — a parallel to the fourth seal's instruments of judgment.