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Rev 17:17 — For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

God hath		Rev 17:13; Act 4:27,28
put		Ezr 7:27; Psa 105:25; Pro 21:1; Jer 32:40; 2Th 2:10-12; Jam 1:13-17
to fulfil		Luk 22:3,22,37; Jhn 13:2,18
until		Rev 6:11; Rev 10:7; Rev 15:1; Pro 19:21; Isa 45:17; Isa 46:10,11; Jer 27:6,7; Eze 38:16,17; Dan 12:7; Jhn 10:35; Jhn 12:39,40; Jhn 19:24,28

Correlating Passages

God hath

	Rev 17:13	These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
	Act 4:27	For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
	Act 4:28	For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

put

	Ezr 7:27	Blessed [be] the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put [such a thing] as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which [is] in Jerusalem:
	Psa 105:25	He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
	Pro 21:1	The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
	Jer 32:40	And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
	2Th 2:10	And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
	2Th 2:11	And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
	2Th 2:12	That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
	Jam 1:13	Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
	Jam 1:14	But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
	Jam 1:15	Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
	Jam 1:16	Do not err, my beloved brethren.
	Jam 1:17	Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

to fulfil

	Luk 22:3	Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
	Luk 22:22	And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
	Luk 22:37	For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
	Jhn 13:2	And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's [son], to betray him;
	Jhn 13:18	I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

until

	Rev 6:11	And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they [were], should be fulfilled.
	Rev 10:7	But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
	Rev 15:1	And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
	Pro 19:21	[There are] many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
	Isa 45:17	[But] Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
	Isa 46:10	Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
	Isa 46:11	Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken [it], I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed [it], I will also do it.
	Jer 27:6	And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
	Jer 27:7	And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
	Eze 38:16	And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
	Eze 38:17	Thus saith the Lord GOD; [Art] thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days [many] years that I would bring thee against them?
	Dan 12:7	And I heard the man clothed in linen, which [was] upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that [it shall be] for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these [things] shall be finished.
	Jhn 10:35	If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
	Jhn 12:39	Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
	Jhn 12:40	He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with [their] eyes, nor understand with [their] heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
	Jhn 19:24	They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
	Jhn 19:28	After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

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Scott, Thomas. "Revelation 17:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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