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

Mark 9:44

General references

Exodus 8:4

Exodus 9:17

Psalm 37:36

Bible References

Because

and as it came that Peter entered in, Cornelius having met him, having fallen at his feet, did bow before him;

and having heard, the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having rent their garments, did spring into the multitude, crying

still thou art exalting thyself against My people -- so as not to send them away;

And Moses cometh in -- Aaron also -- unto Pharaoh, and they say unto him, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Until when hast thou refused to be humbled at My presence? send My people away, and they serve Me,

Not to us, O Jehovah, not to us, But to Thy name give honour, For Thy kindness, for Thy truth.

Whom hast thou reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up the voice? Yea, thou dost lift up on high thine eyes Against the Holy One of Israel.

Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart hath been high, And thou dost say: A god I am, The habitation of God I have inhabited, In the heart of the seas, And thou art man, and not God, And thou givest out thy heart as the heart of God,

the king hath answered and said, Is not this that great Babylon that I have built, for the house of the kingdom, in the might of my strength, and for the glory of mine honour?

thou, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honour, gave to Nebuchadnezzar thy father:

'And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,

who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called God or worshipped, so that he in the sanctuary of God as God hath sat down, shewing himself off that he is God -- the day doth not come.

And he

And after all this hath Jehovah plagued him in his bowels by a disease for which there is no healing,

Clothed hath been my flesh with worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,

And after my skin hath compassed this body, Then from my flesh I see God:

Brought down to Sheol hath been thine excellency, The noise of thy psaltery, Under thee spread out hath been the worm, Yea, covering thee is the worm.

For as a garment eat them doth a moth, And as wool eat them doth a worm, And My righteousness is to the age, And My salvation to all generations.

And they have gone forth, And looked on the carcases of the men Who are transgressing against me, For their worm dieth not, And their fire is not quenched, And they have been an abhorrence to all flesh!

where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.

General references

yea, on thee, and on thy people, and on all thy servants do the frogs go up.'

still thou art exalting thyself against My people -- so as not to send them away;

And he passeth away, and lo, he is not, And I seek him, and he is not found!