Revelation 9:5
And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
Cross-references
Revelation 9:3 introduces the locusts' power like scorpions, which Revelation 9:5 develops with the five-month torment.
Revelation 9:10 elaborates on the same scorpion-like sting and five-month duration, directly reinforcing the description.
Revelation 9:15 describes angels killing a third of mankind—contrasting the torment in v5 that withholds death. Both are part of the trumpet judgments.
Revelation 11:7 shows the beast allowed to kill, contrasting with the locusts who are not allowed to kill but only torment.
In Revelation 13:5, a similar divine permission limits the beast's authority to 42 months, paralleling the 5-month limit on the locusts' torment.
In Revelation 13:7, the beast is allowed to wage war — like the locusts being allowed to torment, both under God's sovereign permission.
In Job 2:6, God sets a limit on Satan's harm — 'spare his life' — exactly parallel to limiting the locusts to torment not death.
In John 19:11, Jesus declares all authority is given from above — matching the locusts' limited power in Revelation 9:5.