Bible verses about Plague or Pestilence, The
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)
- Inflicted by God
Ezekiel 14:19; Habakkuk 3:5- One of God's four sore judgments
Ezekiel 14:21- Described as noisome
Psalms 9:13- Israel threatened with, as a punishment for disobedience
Leviticus 26:24,25; Deuteronomy 28:21- Desolating effects of
Psalms 91:7; Jeremiah 16:6,7; Amos 6:9,10- Equally fatal day and night
Psalms 91:5,6- Fatal to man and beast
Psalms 78:50; Jeremiah 21:6- SENT UPON
- The Egyptians
Exodus 12:29,30
- Israel for making golden calf
Exodus 32:35
- Israel for despising manna
Numbers 11:33
- Israel for murmuring at destruction of Korah
Numbers 16:46-50
- Israel for worshipping Baal-peor
Numbers 25:18
- David's subjects for his numbering the people
II Samuel 24:15- Often broke out suddenly
Psalms 106:29- Often followed war and famine
Jeremiah 27:13; 28:8; 29:17,18- Egypt often afflicted with
Jeremiah 42:17; Amos 4:10- Specially fatal in cities
Leviticus 26:25; Jeremiah 21:6,9- Was attributed to a destroying angel
Exodus 12:23; II Samuel 24:16- The Jews sought deliverance from, by prayer
I Kings 8:37,38; II Chronicles 20:9- Predicted to happen before destruction of Jerusalem
Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- God's judgments upon the apostasy
Revelation 18:4,8
- The diseased state of man's heart
I Kings 8:38