Acts 12:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Mark 9:44

General references

Exodus 8:4

Exodus 9:17

Psalm 37:36

Bible References

Because

And as it chanced Peter to come in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.

But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul heard that, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying

If it be so that thou stoppest my people, that thou wilt not let them go:

Then Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, "Thus sayeth the LORD God of the Hebrews, 'How long shall it be, or thou wilt submit thyself unto me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give the praise, for thy loving mercy, and for thy truth's sake.

But thou Sennacherib, whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? And against whom hast thou lifted up thy voice, and exalted thy proud looks? Even against the holy one of Israel.

"Thou son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Because thou hast a proud heart and hast said, 'I am a God, I have my seat in the midst of the sea like a God,' whereas thou art but a man, and not God, and yet standest in thine own conceit, that thou art God:

and said, "This is the great city of Babylon, which I myself, with my power and strength, have made a king's court, for the honour of my majesty."

O king, God the highest gave unto Nebuchadnezzar, thy father, the dignity of a king, with worship and honor:

The servant that knew his master's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

which is an adversary, and is exalted above all that is called God, or that is worshipped: so that he shall sit as God in the temple of God, and show himself as God.

And he

And after all that, the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.

My flesh is clothed with worms, filthiness and dust; my skin is withered, and crumpled together;

that I shall be clothed again with this skin, and see God in my flesh.

Thy pomp and thy pride is gone down to hell: Moths shall be laid under thee, and worms shall be thy covering.

For worms shall eat them as a garment, and moths shall devour them as it were wool. But my righteousness shall continue ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

And they shall go forth and look upon the carrions of them that have transgressed against me. For their worms shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched, and all flesh shall abhor them.

where their worm dieth not, and the fire never goeth out.

General references

And the frogs shall come upon thee and on thy people and upon all thy servants.'"

If it be so that thou stoppest my people, that thou wilt not let them go:

But when I went by, lo, he was gone; I sought him, but his place could nowhere be found.