Deuteronomy 5:25

American Standard Version (1901)

Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, then we shall die.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 18:16 : 16 according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
  • Deut 33:2 : 2 And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
  • 2 Cor 3:7-9 : 7 But if the ministration of death, written, [and] engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which [glory] was passing away: 8 how shall not rather the ministration of the spirit be with glory? 9 For if the ministration of condemnation hath glory, much rather doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
  • Gal 3:10 : 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.
  • Gal 3:21-22 : 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law. 22 But the scriptures shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
  • Heb 12:29 : 29 for our God is a consuming fire.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 5:26-28
    3 verses
    88%

    26For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

    27Go thou near, and hear all that Jehovah our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that Jehovah our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

    28And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and Jehovah said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.

  • Deut 5:22-24
    3 verses
    83%

    22These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me.

    23And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

    24and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth.

  • Exod 20:18-19
    2 verses
    80%

    18And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.

    19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

  • Deut 18:16
    78%

    16according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

  • Num 17:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

    12And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

    13Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah, dieth: shall we perish all of us?

  • Deut 4:33
    78%

    33Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

  • Deut 5:2-5
    4 verses
    74%

    2Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

    3Jehovah made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

    4Jehovah spake with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

    5(I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to show you the word of Jehovah: for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,

  • Heb 12:29
    73%

    29for our God is a consuming fire.

  • Exod 14:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to bring us forth out of Egypt?

    12Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

  • Deut 4:36
    73%

    36Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he made thee to see his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

  • Deut 4:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

    12And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only [ye heard] a voice.

  • Num 20:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!

    4And why have ye brought the assembly of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?

  • Heb 12:19
    72%

    19and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;

  • Judg 13:22
    71%

    22And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

  • Ezra 9:14
    71%

    14shall we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?

  • Exod 16:3
    71%

    3and the children of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

  • Deut 6:24
    71%

    24And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day.

  • Heb 12:25
    70%

    25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven:

  • Amos 5:6
    70%

    6Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.

  • Deut 4:15
    70%

    15Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that Jehovah spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire.

  • Num 14:15
    70%

    15Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

  • Exod 24:17
    70%

    17And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

  • Exod 19:21
    70%

    21And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.

  • Ps 95:7
    70%

    7For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice!

  • Num 16:34
    70%

    34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.

  • Jer 16:10
    70%

    10And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath Jehovah pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against Jehovah our God?

  • Deut 1:19
    70%

    19And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

  • Jer 42:13
    70%

    13But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so that ye obey not the voice of Jehovah your God,

  • Deut 1:6
    70%

    6Jehovah our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain:

  • Num 14:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!

    3And wherefore doth Jehovah bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

  • 2 Kgs 7:4
    69%

    4If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

  • Josh 22:24
    69%

    24and if we have not [rather] out of carefulness done this, [and] of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel?

  • Dan 9:14
    69%

    14Therefore hath Jehovah watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth, and we have not obeyed his voice.

  • Lam 5:9
    69%

    9We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

  • Lev 10:2
    69%

    2And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah.

  • Exod 19:12
    69%

    12And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

  • Exod 10:25
    69%

    25And Moses said, Thou must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice unto Jehovah our God.