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Acts 12:23

Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
παραχρῆμαparachrēmaImmediatelyG3916 →
δὲdethenG1161 →
ἐπάταξενepataxenstruckG3960 →
αὐτὸνautonhimG846 →
ἄγγελοςangelosan angelG32 →
κυρίουkuriouof [the] LordG2962 →
ἀνθ᾽anth᾽in returnG473 →
ὧνhōnfor thatG3739 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ἔδωκενedōkenhe gaveG1325 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
δόξανdoxangloryG1391 →
τῷtō<the>G3588 →
θεῷ,theōto God,G2316 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
γενόμενοςgenomenoshaving beenG1096 →
σκωληκόβρωτοςskōlēkobrōtoseaten by wormsG4662 →
ἐξέψυξεν.¶exepsuxenhe breathed his last.G1634 →

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Proverbs 29:23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.Hebrews 1:14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?Acts 10:25–26As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.Psalms 115:1Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.Ecclesiastes 7:17Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?2 Thessalonians 2:4He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.Acts 14:14–15But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,Daniel 5:18–24As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.Daniel 4:30–37the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”1 Samuel 25:38About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!Acts 8:26Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”Isaiah 51:8For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”2 Samuel 24:16–17But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.Isaiah 66:24“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that 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.Isaiah 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!Exodus 12:29Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.

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