Exodus 33:20

New Century Version

But you cannot see my face, because no one can see me and live.

Cross References

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob named that place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, but my life was saved.”

Exodus 24:10

and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was a surface that looked as if it were paved with blue sapphire stones, and it was as clear as the sky!

Exodus 24:9

Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up the mountain

Exodus 3:6

I am the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses covered his face because he was afraid to look at God.

Exodus 33:18

Then Moses said, “Now, please show me your glory.”

Exodus 33:23

Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back. But my face must not be seen.”

Isaiah 6:5

I said, “Oh, no! I will be destroyed. I am not pure, and I live among people who are not pure, but I have seen the King, the Lord All-Powerful.”

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God. But God the only Son is very close to the Father, and he has shown us what God is like.

Deuteronomy 5:24

And you said, “The Lord our God has shown us his glory and majesty, and we have heard his voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks to him.

1 Timothy 6:16

He is the only One who never dies. He lives in light so bright no one can go near it. No one has ever seen God, or can see him. May honor and power belong to God forever. Amen.

Hebrews 1:13

And God never said this to an angel: “Sit by me at my right side until I put your enemies under your control.”

Judges 13:22

Manoah said, “We have seen God, so we will surely die.”

Judges 6:22

Then Gideon understood he had been talking to the angel of the Lord. So Gideon cried out, “Lord God! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!”