Genesis 38:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But Er was very evil, and the LORD took his life.

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

where the people were evil and sinned terribly against the LORD.

Genesis 38:6

Later, Judah chose Tamar as a wife for Er, his eldest son.

Genesis 6:8

But the LORD was pleased with Noah,

1 Kings 17:20

and prayed, “LORD God, why did you do such a terrible thing to this woman? She's letting me stay here, and now you've let her son die.”

1 Chronicles 2:3

Judah and his Canaanite wife Bathshua had three sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. But the LORD had Er put to death, because he disobeyed and did what the LORD hated.

2 Chronicles 33:6

and even set up a stone image of a foreign god. Manasseh practised magic and witchcraft; he asked fortune-tellers for advice and sacrificed his own sons in Hinnom Valley. He did many other sinful things and made the LORD very angry. Years ago, God had told David and Solomon: Jerusalem is the place I prefer above all others in Israel. It belongs to me, and there in the temple I will be worshipped for ever.

Psalm 55:23

But what about those people who are cruel and brutal? You will throw them down into the deepest pit long before their time. I trust you, LORD!

Numbers 26:19

There were 76,500 men from the tribe of Judah; they were from the clans of Shelah, Perez, Zerah, Hezron, and Hamul. Judah's sons Er and Onan had died in Canaan.

1 Samuel 2:25

If you harm another person, God can help make things right between the two of you. But if you commit a crime against the LORD, no one can help you!” But the LORD had already decided to kill them. So he kept them from listening to their father.