1 Samuel 5:6

New Century Version

The Lord was hard on the people of Ashdod and their neighbors. He caused them to suffer and gave them growths on their skin.

Cross References

Genesis 41:31

People will forget what it was like to have plenty of food, because the hunger that follows will be so great.

Job 31:3

It is ruin for evil people and disaster for those who do wrong.

Psalm 145:20

The Lord protects everyone who loves him, but he will destroy the wicked.

Psalm 147:6

The Lord defends the humble, but he throws the wicked to the ground.

Psalm 32:4

Day and night you punished me. My strength was gone as in the summer heat.Selah

Psalm 78:66

He struck down his enemies and disgraced them forever.

Exodus 9:3

the Lord will punish you. He will send a terrible disease on your farm animals that are in the fields. He will cause your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, goats, and sheep to become sick.

Acts 13:11

Now the Lord will touch you, and you will be blind. For a time you will not be able to see anything—not even the light from the sun.” Then everything became dark for Elymas, and he walked around, trying to find someone to lead him by the hand.

Deuteronomy 28:27

The Lord will punish you with boils like those the Egyptians had. You will have bad growths, sores, and itches that can’t be cured.

1 Samuel 5:11

So they called all the kings of the Philistines together and said, “Send the Ark of the God of Israel back to its place before it kills us and our people!” All the people in the city were struck with terror because God was so hard on them there.

1 Samuel 5:7

When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The Ark of the God of Israel can’t stay with us. God is punishing us and Dagon our god.”

1 Samuel 5:9

But after they moved it to Gath, there was a great panic. The Lord was hard on that city also, and he gave both old and young people in Gath growths on their skin.