Acts 12:23

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

2 Kings 19:35

And that night the angel of the Lord went forth, and slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

2 Chronicles 32:21

And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword.

Job 19:26

and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then from my flesh I shall see God,

Job 7:5

My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt; my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.

Psalm 115:1

Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to thy name give glory, for the sake of thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness!

Exodus 10:3

So Moses and Aaron went in 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 12:12

For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord.

Exodus 12:23

For the Lord will pass through to slay the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to slay you.

Exodus 12:29

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

Exodus 9:17

You are still exalting yourself against my people, and will not let them go.

Proverbs 12:8

A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of perverse mind is despised.

Isaiah 14:11

Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are the bed beneath you, and worms are your covering.

Isaiah 37:23

“ ‘Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my deliverance will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.”

Isaiah 66:24

“And they shall go forth and look on the dead bodies of the men that have rebelled against me; for their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”

Ezekiel 28:2

“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God: “Because your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,’ yet you are but a man, and no god, though you consider yourself as wise as a god—

Ezekiel 28:9

Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you, though you are but a man, and no god, in the hands of those who wound you?

Acts 12:22

And the people shouted, “The voice of a god, and not of man!”

Acts 5:19

But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out and said,

2 Thessalonians 2:4

who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

1 Samuel 25:38

And about ten days later the Lord smote Nabal; and he died.