Deuteronomy 5:25

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But now why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we continue to hear the voice of the LORD our God.

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  • Deut 18:16 : 16 This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, or we will die.'
  • Deut 33:2 : 2 He said: 'The Lord came from Sinai, and shone forth from Seir to them; He appeared in radiance from Mount Paran, and came with myriads of holy ones. From His right hand came a fiery law for them.
  • 2 Cor 3:7-9 : 7 If the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not look intently at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was passing away, 8 will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9 For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness far exceeds it in glory.
  • Gal 3:10 : 10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.'
  • Gal 3:21-22 : 21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. 22 But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise, by faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who 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 among all flesh has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and lived?

    27Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you, and we will listen and obey.

    28The LORD heard your words when you spoke to me, and He said to me, 'I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.

  • Deut 5:22-24
    3 verses
    83%

    22These are the words the LORD spoke to your entire assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the profound darkness, with a loud voice. He added no more, and He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

    23When you heard the voice from the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders came to me.

    24And you said, 'Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks with them.

  • Exod 20:18-19
    2 verses
    80%

    18When all the people saw the thunder and the lightning flashes, and heard the sound of the trumpet, and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear and stood at a distance.

    19They said to Moses, 'Speak to us yourself, and we will listen. But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.'

  • Deut 18:16
    78%

    16This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, or we will die.'

  • Num 17:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

    12So Aaron did as Moses commanded and ran into the midst of the assembly, and the plague had already begun among the people. He put the incense in and made atonement for the people.

    13He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was stopped.

  • Deut 4:33
    78%

    33Has any people heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have heard, and lived?

  • Deut 5:2-5
    4 verses
    74%

    2The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

    3It was not with our fathers that the LORD made this covenant but with us, all of us who are alive here today.

    4The LORD spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.

    5At that time, I stood between the LORD and you to declare His word to you, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain. He said:

  • Heb 12:29
    73%

    29for our God is a consuming fire.

  • Exod 14:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

    12Isn't this what we told you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone so we can serve the Egyptians'? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.

  • Deut 4:36
    73%

    36From heaven He caused you to hear His voice to teach you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.

  • Deut 4:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire up to the very heavens, with darkness, cloud, and thick gloom.

    12Then the LORD spoke to you from the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form—there was only a voice.

  • Num 20:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3The people quarreled with Moses, saying, "If only we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

    4Why have you brought the LORD's assembly into this wilderness, for us and our livestock to die here?

  • Heb 12:19
    72%

    19to a trumpet blast or a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them,

  • Judg 13:22
    71%

    22Manoah said to his wife, "We are sure to die, because we have seen God!"

  • Ezra 9:14
    71%

    14shall we again break your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would you not become so angry with us that you would destroy us completely, leaving no remnant or survivor?

  • Exod 16:3
    71%

    3The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in the land of Egypt, where we sat by pots of meat and ate bread until we were full! But you brought us into this wilderness to kill this entire assembly with hunger."

  • Deut 6:24
    71%

    24The LORD commanded us to obey all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God for our own good always, so that He might preserve our lives, as it is today.

  • Heb 12:25
    70%

    25See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?

  • Amos 5:6
    70%

    6Seek the Lord and live, or he will rush like fire against the house of Joseph; it will consume everything, and there will be no one to quench it for Bethel.

  • Deut 4:15
    70%

    15So be very careful for your own lives, because you did not see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire.

  • Num 14:15
    70%

    15If you put all these people to death as one man, the nations who have heard about your fame will say,

  • Exod 24:17
    70%

    17The appearance of the LORD's glory was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the sight of the Israelites.

  • Exod 19:21
    70%

    21The LORD said to Moses, 'Go down and warn the people not to force their way through to see the LORD, or many of them will perish.'

  • Ps 95:7
    70%

    7For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,

  • Num 16:34
    70%

    34All the Israelites around them ran away at their cries, saying, 'The earth might swallow us too!'

  • Jer 16:10
    70%

    10When you tell these people all these words, they will ask you, 'Why has the LORD declared such a great calamity against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?'

  • Deut 1:19
    70%

    19Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea.

  • Jer 42:13
    70%

    13But if you say, 'We will not stay in this land,' and do not listen to the voice of the LORD your God,

  • Deut 1:6
    70%

    6The LORD our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

  • Num 14:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole community said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness!

    3Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to return to Egypt?

  • 2 Kgs 7:4
    69%

    4If we say, 'We’ll go into the city,' the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die. So let’s go over to the camp of the Arameans and surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, then we die."

  • Josh 22:24
    69%

    24We did this because we feared that someday your descendants might say to ours, ‘What do you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?’

  • Dan 9:14
    69%

    14Therefore, the LORD has kept the disaster in store and brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything He does, yet we have not obeyed His voice.

  • Lam 5:9
    69%

    9We risk our lives to bring in our bread because of the sword in the wilderness.

  • Lev 10:2
    69%

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

  • Exod 19:12
    69%

    12Set boundaries for the people all around, saying, 'Be careful not to go up the mountain or touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain must surely be put to death.

  • Exod 10:25
    69%

    25But Moses said, "You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.