Deuteronomy 5:25

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD 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 the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
  • Deut 33:2 : 2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
  • 2 Cor 3:7-9 : 7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: 8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? 9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more 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 the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which 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 have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. 22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of 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 the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.

    28And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD 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 the LORD 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 in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

    23And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

    24And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed 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 talk with man, and he liveth.

  • Exod 20:18-19
    2 verses
    80%

    18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, 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 the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD 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 die, we perish, we all perish.

    13Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

  • Deut 4:33
    78%

    33Did ever 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%

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

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

    4The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

    5(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason 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 carry us forth out of Egypt?

    12Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been 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 shewed thee 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 midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

    12And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.

  • Num 20:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

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

    4And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

  • Heb 12:19
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    19And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

  • Judg 13:22
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    22And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

  • Ezra 9:14
    71%

    14Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?

  • Exod 16:3
    71%

    3And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and 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 the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

  • Heb 12:25
    70%

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

  • Amos 5:6
    70%

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

  • Deut 4:15
    70%

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

  • Num 14:15
    70%

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

  • Exod 24:17
    70%

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

  • Exod 19:21
    70%

    21And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD 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 if ye will 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 also.

  • Jer 16:10
    70%

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

  • Deut 1:19
    70%

    19And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.

  • Jer 42:13
    70%

    13But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,

  • Deut 1:6
    70%

    6The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

  • Num 14:2-3
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    69%

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

    3And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should 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
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    24And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?

  • Dan 9:14
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    14Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

  • Lam 5:9
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    9We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

  • Lev 10:2
    69%

    2And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

  • 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 give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.