Acts 12:23

Herod's Gruesome Death

²² The assembled people began to shout, “It’s the voice of a god and not of a man!” ²³ At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he became infected with worms and died. ²⁴ Then God’s message flourished and multiplied.

And Immediately

Angel of God

Angel of the Lord

Breathed His Last

From God

Glorify God

Glory to God

O God

Herod

1 Samuel 25:38

About 10 days later, the Lord struck Nabal dead.

2 Samuel 24:16-17

Then the angel extended his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, but the Lord relented concerning the destruction and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough, withdraw your hand now!” The angel of the Lord was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Psalm 115:1

Not to us, Yahweh, not to us,
but to Your name give glory
because of Your faithful love, because of Your truth.

Exodus 9:17

You are still acting arrogantly against My people by not letting them go.

Exodus 10:3

So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may worship Me.

Exodus 12:12

“I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night and strike every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. I am Yahweh; I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt.

Exodus 12:23

When the Lord passes through to strike Egypt and sees the blood on the lintel and the two doorposts, He will pass over the door and not let the destroyer enter your houses to strike you.

Exodus 12:29

Now at midnight the Lord struck every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and every firstborn of the livestock.

2 Kings 19:35

That night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!

1 Chronicles 21:14-18

So the Lord sent a plague on Israel, and 70,000 Israelite men died.

2 Chronicles 21:18-19

After all these things, the Lord afflicted him in his intestines with an incurable disease.

2 Chronicles 32:21

and the Lord sent an angel who annihilated every brave warrior, leader, and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria returned in disgrace to his land. He went to the temple of his god, and there some of his own children struck him down with the sword.

Job 7:5

My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt.
My skin forms scabs and then oozes.

Job 19:26

Even after my skin has been destroyed,
yet I will see God in my flesh.

Isaiah 14:11

Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol,
along with the music of your harps.
Maggots are spread out under you,
and worms cover you.”

Isaiah 37:23

Who is it you have mocked and blasphemed?
Who have you raised your voice against
and lifted your eyes in pride?
Against the Holy One of Israel!

Isaiah 51:8

For the moth will devour them like a garment,
and the worm will eat them like wool.
But My righteousness will last forever,
and My salvation for all generations.

Isaiah 66:24

“As they leave, they will see the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never go out, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”

Ezekiel 28:2

“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre: This is what the Lord God says:

Your heart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god;
I sit in the seat of gods
in the heart of the sea.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
though you have regarded your heart
as that of a god.

Ezekiel 28:9

Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you?
Yet you will be only a man, not a god,
in the hands of those who kill you.

Daniel 4:30-37

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built by my vast power to be a royal residence and to display my majestic glory?”

Daniel 5:18-24

Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, greatness, glory, and majesty to your predecessor Nebuchadnezzar.

Mark 9:43-48

And if your hand causes your downfall, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go to hell—the unquenchable fire,

Luke 12:47-48

And that slave who knew his master’s will and didn’t prepare himself or do it will be severely beaten.

Acts 10:25-26

When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.

Acts 14:14-15

The apostles Barnabas and Paul tore their robes when they heard this and rushed into the crowd, shouting:

2 Thessalonians 2:4

He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits in God’s sanctuary, publicizing that he himself is God.