10 Bible Verses about Plagues
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And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and one sat on it, whose name was Death, and Hades followed him, and there was given him power over a fourth part of the earth to kill with the sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the beasts of the earth.
This man brought them out, having performed prodigies and miracles in Egypt, and at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
and in places there shall be great earthquakes, and famines, and pestilences; and there shall also be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in different places;
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in [different] places, and there shall be famines. These are the beginnings of sorrows.
These have power to shut heaven, that it may not rain in the days of their prophecy, and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to smite the earth with every plague as often as they will.
AND I saw another symbol in heaven, great and wonderful, seven angels having the last seven plagues, because by them the wrath of God was finished.
And I heard a loud voice saying to the seven angels, Go, pour out the seven bowls of the wrath of God on the earth. And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and there was an evil and malignant ulcer on the men who have the mark of the beast and those who worship his image. And the second poured out his bowl on the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead body, and every living soul died, the [creatures] in the sea.read more.
And the third poured out his bowl on the rivers and the fountains of waters; and they became blood. And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art just, the Is and the Was, [the] Holy One, because thou hast judged thus, for they shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they are worthy. And I heard the altar say, Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. And the fourth poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given it to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God who had power over these plagues, and changed not their minds to give him glory. And the fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened, and they gnawed their tongues from painful labor, and blasphemed the God of heaven on account of their painful labors and their ulcers, and they changed not their minds to turn from their works. And the sixth poured out his bowl on the river, the great Euphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way of the kings from the East might be prepared. And I saw three impure spirits like frogs [proceed] from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet;??14 for [these] are spirits of demons that perform miracles, that go to the kings of all the world, to assemble them for the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I come as a thief; blessed is he that watches and keeps on his clothes, lest he walk naked and they see his shame. And they assembled them in the place called in Hebrew Armagedon. And the seventh angel poured out his bowl on the air; and there came out a loud voice from the temple, from the throne, saying, It is done. And there were lightnings and voices and thunders, and there was a great earthquake, such as has not been since a man was on the earth, such an earthquake and one so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of his indignant wrath. And every island fled, and the mountains were not found. And great hail of about the weight of a talent [the Attic talent, pounds, the Jewish, 113] came down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God on account of the plague of the hail because its plague was very great.
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you may not partake of her sins, and receive of her plagues; for her sins have reached to heaven and God has remembered her wickedness. Render to her as she rendered to you, and repay her double according to her works; of the cup that she has mixed, mix to her double;read more.
as much as she glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, so much distress and sorrow give her. For she says in her mind, I sit a queen and am not a widow and I see not sorrow. Therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death and sorrow and famine, and she shall be burnt with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.
I testify to every one that hears the words of the prophecy of this book. If any one adds to them, God shall add to him the plagues written in this book;
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God » Plagues » Justice of
I can do nothing of myself; as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, for I seek not my will, but the will of him that sent me.
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, king of the nations;
God's Judgments » Plagues » Of egypt
God's Judgments » Plagues » General references to
intercession » Answered » Instances of » of moses » For pharaoh » Plagues
Israel » Exempt » Plagues
Israel » Complaints » Against moses » Plagues » death
Israel » Number of » After » Plagues
Plagues » Often followed war and famine
Plagues » Specially fatal in cities
Plagues » The jews sought deliverance from, by prayer
Plagues » Illustrative of » God's judgments upon the apostacy
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you may not partake of her sins, and receive of her plagues;
Therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death and sorrow and famine, and she shall be burnt with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.
Plagues » Was attributed to a destroying angel
Plagues » Desolating effects of
Plagues » Inflicted by God
Plagues » Fatal to man and beast
Plagues » Egypt often afflicted with
Plagues » Predicted to happen before destruction of jerusalem
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in different places;
and in places there shall be great earthquakes, and famines, and pestilences; and there shall also be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
Plagues » Israel threatened with, as a punishment for disobedience
Plagues » Sent upon » Israel for murmuring at destruction of korah
Plagues » Sent upon » The egyptians
Plagues » Sent upon » David's subjects for his numbering the people
Plagues » Sent upon » Israel for worshipping baal-peor
Plagues » Sent upon » Israel for despising manna
Plagues » One of God's four sore judgments
Plagues » Illustrative of » The diseased state of man's heart
Plagues » Sent upon » Israel for making golden calf
Plagues » Equally fatal day and night
Plagues » Often broke out suddenly
Plagues » Described as noisome
The tribe of Simeon » Plagues » Idolatry
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