1 Samuel 5:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Now the hand of the Lord weighed heavily on the people of Ashdod, ravaging them and afflicting the city and its vicinity with tumors.

Cross References

1 Samuel 5:11

Then they, too, sent a summons to all the Philistine leaders and pleaded: “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. Send it back to its place so it does not kill us and our kindred.” A deadly panic had seized the whole city, since the hand of God lay heavy upon it.

Acts 13:11

Even now the hand of the Lord is upon you. You will be blind, and unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately a dark mist fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand.

Psalm 32:4

For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength withered as in dry summer heat. Selah

Deuteronomy 28:27

The Lord will strike you with Egyptian boils and with tumors, skin diseases and the itch, from none of which you can be cured.

Exodus 9:3

the hand of the Lord will strike your livestock in the field—your horses, donkeys, camels, herds and flocks—with a very severe pestilence.

Psalm 78:66

He put his foes to flight; everlasting shame he dealt them.

1 Samuel 5:7

On seeing how matters stood, the people of Ashdod decided, “The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for his hand weighs heavily on us and Dagon our god.”

Job 31:3

Is it not calamity for the unrighteous, and woe for evildoers?

1 Samuel 5:9

But after it had been brought there, the hand of the Lord was against the city, resulting in utter turmoil: the Lord afflicted its inhabitants, young and old, and tumors broke out on them.

Psalm 145:20

The Lord watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he destroys.

Psalm 147:6

The Lord gives aid to the poor, but casts the wicked to the ground.

Genesis 41:31

no trace of the abundance will be found in the land because of the famine that follows it, for it will be very severe.