Deuteronomy 5:26
What is all flesh, that it should hear the voice of the living God, who speaketh out of the midst of the fire, as we have heard, and be able to live?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 6:12And when God had seen that the earth was corrupted (for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth,)
Deuteronomy 4:33That a people should hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of fire, as thou hast heard, and lived:
Psalms 42:2As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my soul panteth after thee, O God.
Psalms 84:2How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of host!
Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the true God: he is the living God, and the everlasting king, at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his threatening.
Matthew 26:63But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ the Son of God.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 5:24-33
23 And 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; 24 And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath showed 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. 25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the Lord our… Read the whole commentary →