2 Samuel 6:7

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The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence. He died there beside the ark of God.

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  • 1 Sam 6:19 : 19 But God struck down some of the men of Beth Shemesh because they looked into the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had inflicted them with a great blow.
  • 1 Chr 15:13 : 13 For because you did not carry it the first time, the LORD our God broke out against us, since we did not seek Him according to the proper procedure."
  • 1 Cor 11:30-32 : 30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 31 But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under judgment. 32 Nevertheless, when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.
  • 1 Chr 13:10 : 10 The anger of the LORD burned against Uzza, and He struck him down because he had reached out to the ark. Uzza died there in the presence of God.
  • 1 Chr 15:2 : 2 Then David said, "The ark of God must not be carried by anyone but the Levites, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever."
  • Lev 10:1-3 : 1 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own censer, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them to do. 2 Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD. 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, 'This is what the LORD has said: I will be shown as holy to those who draw near me, and I will be honored in the sight of all the people.' And Aaron remained silent.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 13:9-12
    4 verses
    93%

    9When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzza reached out his hand to hold the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.

    10The anger of the LORD burned against Uzza, and He struck him down because he had reached out to the ark. Uzza died there in the presence of God.

    11David was angry because the LORD had burst out against Uzza, so he named that place Perez-Uzza, as it is called to this day.

    12David feared God that day and said, "How can I bring the ark of God to me?"

  • 2 Sam 6:6
    86%

    6When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out his hand to the ark of God to steady it, for the oxen had stumbled.

  • 2 Sam 6:8-10
    3 verses
    85%

    8David was angry because the LORD had broken out against Uzzah, and that place was called Perez Uzzah, as it is to this day.

    9David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, 'How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?'

    10So David was not willing to bring the ark of the LORD to the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

  • 1 Chr 13:7
    75%

    7They placed the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out from the house of Abinadab, with Uzza and Ahio guiding the cart.

  • 2 Sam 6:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2David set out with all the people who were with him from Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name, the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned above the cherubim.

    3They placed the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart.

  • 1 Sam 6:19
    73%

    19But God struck down some of the men of Beth Shemesh because they looked into the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had inflicted them with a great blow.

  • 1 Chr 21:7
    72%

    7This command was evil in the sight of God, so He struck Israel.

  • 1 Sam 5:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6The LORD’s hand was heavy upon the people of Ashdod. He devastated them and afflicted them with tumors, both in Ashdod and its surrounding territory.

    7When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The Ark of the God of Israel cannot stay with us, for His hand is harsh against us and our god Dagon.”

  • Ps 78:31
    71%

    31Then the anger of God rose against them, and He killed the strongest among them, striking down the young men of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 26:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18They confronted King Uzziah and said to him, 'It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful, and you will not be honored by the Lord God.'

    19Uzziah, who was holding a censer to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the Lord, near the altar of incense.

  • 1 Sam 6:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8Place the ark of the LORD on the cart and the gold objects you are returning to him as a guilt offering in a box beside it. Then send it on its way.

    9Watch to see: if it goes up along the road to its own territory, toward Beth Shemesh, then it is the LORD who has brought this great disaster upon us. But if it does not, then we will know it was not his hand that struck us; it happened by chance.

  • 2 Sam 6:13
    69%

    13When those carrying the ark of the LORD had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.

  • Acts 12:23
    68%

    23Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God. He was eaten by worms and died.

  • Lev 10:2
    68%

    2Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.

  • Josh 22:20
    68%

    20Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a treachery regarding the devoted things, and wrath fell upon the entire assembly of Israel? He was not the only one who died for his sin.'

  • 1 Sam 4:18-19
    2 verses
    68%

    18When he mentioned the Ark of God, Eli fell backward off his seat by the gate. His neck was broken, and he died, for he was an old and heavy man. He had judged Israel for forty years.

    19Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the Ark of God had been captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth, overwhelmed by her labor pains.

  • Deut 29:27
    68%

    27In His anger and great wrath, the LORD uprooted them from their land and cast them into another land, as it is today.

  • 1 Sam 5:9-11
    3 verses
    67%

    9But after they had moved it, the hand of the LORD came against the city of Gath, causing great panic. He afflicted the people of the city, from the youngest to the oldest, with tumors.

    10Then they sent the Ark of God to Ekron. But when the Ark reached Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, saying, “They have brought the Ark of the God of Israel here to kill us and our people!”

    11So they sent word and gathered all the rulers of the Philistines and said, 'Send the Ark of the God of Israel away, let it return to its place so that it will not kill us and our people.' For there was a deadly panic throughout the whole city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

  • 2 Sam 12:5
    67%

    5David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, "As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

  • 1 Sam 6:1
    67%

    1The ark of the LORD remained in the territory of the Philistines for seven months.

  • 2 Sam 24:16
    67%

    16But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was striking the people, "Enough! Withdraw your hand." The angel of the Lord was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • 2 Sam 1:15
    67%

    15Then David called one of his young men and said, 'Come here and strike him down.' So he struck him, and he died.

  • 1 Chr 21:15
    67%

    15God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. But as the angel was about to destroy, the LORD saw, relented of the calamity, and said to the destroying angel, "Enough! Withdraw your hand now." The angel of the LORD was then standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Sam 12:14-15
    2 verses
    67%

    14However, because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will surely die.'

    15After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and the child became ill.

  • Isa 57:17
    67%

    17Because of their sinful greed, I was angry; I struck them and turned away in anger, yet they continued in their willful ways.

  • Josh 7:1
    66%

    1But the Israelites acted unfaithfully with the things designated for destruction. Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things, and the anger of the Lord burned against the Israelites.

  • Ps 106:29
    66%

    29They provoked the LORD to anger by their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

  • 1 Sam 6:14-15
    2 verses
    66%

    14The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh and stopped there beside a large stone. They chopped up the wood of the cart, and they offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

    15The Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the box containing the gold objects and placed them on the large stone. That day, the people of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.

  • Num 22:27
    66%

    27When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, it lay down under Balaam, and he became very angry and beat it with his staff.

  • 1 Sam 4:11
    66%

    11The Ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

  • Gen 38:10
    66%

    10What he did was wicked in the LORD's sight, so the LORD put him to death also.

  • Gen 38:7
    66%

    7But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD put him to death.

  • 2 Kgs 7:20
    66%

    20And that is exactly what happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.

  • Num 26:61
    66%

    61But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord.

  • Num 11:33
    66%

    33But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and He struck them with a severe plague.