Acts 12:23

Modern English Version

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory. And he was eaten by worms and died.

Cross References

2 Thessalonians 2:4

who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or is worshipped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself as God.

Psalm 115:1

Not unto us, O  Lord, not unto us, but unto Your name give glory, for the sake of Your mercy, for the sake of Your truth.

1 Samuel 25:38

And about ten days after that, the Lord struck Nabal and he died.

Ezekiel 28:2

Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God: Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the midst of the seas,” yet you are a man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God.

Isaiah 66:24

And they shall go forth and look on the corpses of the men who have transgressed against Me. For neither shall their worm die nor shall their fire be quenched. And they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but My righteousness shall be forever and My salvation from generation to generation.

Exodus 12:29

At midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon and all the firstborn of livestock.

Ezekiel 28:9

Will you yet say before him who slays you, “I am a god,” although you are a man and not God, in the hands of those who wound you?

Isaiah 37:23

Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice, and lifted up your eyes haughtily? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Isaiah 14:11

Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, and the noise of your harps; maggots are spread under you, and the worms cover you.

Job 19:26

and after my skin is destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,

Job 7:5

My flesh is covered with worms and caked with dirt; my skin is broken, and has become loathsome.

2 Chronicles 32:21

So the Lord sent an angel and destroyed the mighty army, leaders, and officials in the camp of the king of Assyria. So the king returned in shame to his own land. When he entered the temple of his god, some of his sons fell on him there with the sword.

2 Kings 19:35

On that night the angel of the Lord went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When others woke up early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

Exodus 12:23

For the Lord will pass through to kill the Egyptians. And when He sees the blood upon the lintel and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not permit the destroyer to come to your houses to kill you.

Exodus 12:12

For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the Lord.

Exodus 10:3

Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

Exodus 9:17

Still, you exalt yourself against My people by forbidding them to go.

Acts 5:19

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and led them out, and said,

Acts 12:22

The mob shouted, “It is the voice of a god, and not of a man!”

Proverbs 12:8

According to his wisdom will a man be praised, but the perverse of heart will be despised.