1 Samuel 5:6

New International Version

The Lord’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity; he brought devastation on them and afflicted them with tumors.

Cross References

Genesis 41:31

The abundance in the land will not be remembered, because the famine that follows it will be so severe.

Job 31:3

Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong?

Psalm 145:20

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

Psalm 147:6

The Lord sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.

Psalm 32:4

For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.

Psalm 78:66

He beat back his enemies; he put them to everlasting shame.

Exodus 9:3

the hand of the Lord will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys and camels and on your cattle, sheep and goats.

Acts 13:11

Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind for a time, not even able to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

Deuteronomy 28:27

The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.

1 Samuel 5:11

So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send the ark of the god of Israel away; let it go back to its own place, or it will kill us and our people.” For death had filled the city with panic; God’s hand was very heavy on it.

1 Samuel 5:7

When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the god of Israel must not stay here with us, because his hand is heavy on us and on Dagon our god.”

1 Samuel 5:9

But after they had moved it, the Lord’s hand was against that city, throwing it into a great panic. He afflicted the people of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.