It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Parallel translations
- KJV It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
- BSB It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
- NKJV It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
- NASB It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
- NLT It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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- Matt 10:28Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
- Luke 12:5But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
- Heb 12:29for our God is a consuming fire.
- Isa 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
- Ps 76:7You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?
- Ps 90:11Who knows the power of your anger, your wrath according to the fear that is due to you?
- Matt 16:16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
- Heb 10:27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.
- Ps 50:22“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
- Luke 21:11There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
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