Acts 12:23

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Summary

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

Because

And he

General references

Exodus 8:4

Exodus 9:17

Psalm 37:36

Bible References

Because

So it happened that when Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell at [his] feet, [and] worshiped [him].

But [when] the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about [it], they tore their clothing [and] rushed out into the crowd, shouting

Still you [are] behaving haughtily to my people by not releasing them.

And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and they said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, 'Until when will you refuse to submit before me? Release my people so that they may serve me.

Not to us, O Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, because of your loyal love, because of your faithfulness.

Whom have you taunted and blasphemed, and against whom have you raised up [your] voice and lifted your eyes upward? To the holy one of Israel!

"Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because your heart was haughty, and you said, 'I [am] a god; I sit [in the] seat of [the] gods, I sit in [the] heart of [the] seas!' But you are a human, not a god, and you gave your heart to be like [the] heart of a god.

And the king answered and said, "Is this not the great Babylon which I have built as a royal palace by the strength of my own power, and for the glory of my own majesty?"

{O king}, the Most High God gave the kingdom and the greatness and the glory and the majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your {predecessor}.

And that slave who knew the will of his master and did not prepare or do according to his will {will be given a severe beating}.

who opposes and who exalts himself over every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits down in the temple of God, proclaiming that he himself is God.

And he

And after all this Yahweh afflicted him in his bowels with an illness for [which there was] no cure.

My body is clothed [with] maggots and clods of dust; my skin hardens, then it gives way [again].

And after my skin has been thus destroyed, but from my flesh I will see God,

Your pride is brought down [to] Sheol, [and] the sound of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you like a bed, and your covering is worms.

For a moth will eat them like garments; a moth will devour them like wool, but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation for {generation after generation}."

"And they shall go out and look at the corpses of the people {who have rebelled} against me, for their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."

General references

And the frogs will go up against you and against your people and against all of your servants.'"

Still you [are] behaving haughtily to my people by not releasing them.

Then he passed on and behold, he was not. And I sought him, but he could not be found.