Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Pestilence’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Pestilence’ occurs 47 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Pestilence’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 5:3 And they said: “The God of the Hebrews has called us, so that we may go three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God. Otherwise, a pestilence or the sword may befall us.”Exodus 5:3
Exodus 9:3 behold, my hand will be over your fields. And a very grievous pestilence will be upon the horses, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the oxen, and the sheep.Exodus 9:3
Exodus 9:15 For now, extending my hand, I shall strike you and your people with pestilence, and you will perish from the earth.Exodus 9:15
Number of the word / term Pestilence in Exodus: 3
Bible passages with ‘Pestilence’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 26:25 And I will lead over you the sword that shall avenge my covenant. And when you will have fled into the cities, I will send a pestilence into your midst, and you will be delivered into the hands of your enemies.Leviticus 26:25
Number of the word / term Pestilence in Leviticus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Pestilence’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 14:12 Therefore, I will strike them with a pestilence, and so I will consume them. But you I will make the ruler over a great nation, and one which is mightier than this one.”Numbers 14:12
Number of the word / term Pestilence in Numbers: 1
Bible passages with ‘Pestilence’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 28:21 May the Lord join a pestilence to you, until he consumes you from the land, which you shall enter so as to possess.Deuteronomy 28:21
Number of the word / term Pestilence in Deuteronomy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Pestilence’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 24:13 And when Gad had gone to David, he announced it to him, saying: “Either seven years of famine will come to you in your land; or you will flee for three months from your adversaries, and they will pursue you; or there will be a pestilence in your land for three days. Now then, deliberate, and see what word I may respond to him who sent me.”2 Samuel 24:13
2 Samuel 24:15 And the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel, from the morning until the appointed time. And there died of the people, from Dan to Beersheba, seventy thousand men.2 Samuel 24:15
Number of the word / term Pestilence in 2 Samuel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Pestilence’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 8:37 Then, if famine rises over the land, or pestilence, or corrupt air, or blight, or locust, or mildew, or if their enemy afflicts them, besieging the gates, or any harm or infirmity,1 Kings 8:37
Number of the word / term Pestilence in 1 Kings: 1
Bible passages with ‘Pestilence’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 21:12 Either three years of famine, or three months for you to flee from your enemies, unable to escape from their sword, or three days for the sword of the Lord and a pestilence to turn within the land, with the Angel of the Lord killing in every part of Israel. Now therefore, see what I should respond to him who sent me.”1 Chronicles 21:12
1 Chronicles 21:14 Therefore, the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel. And there fell from Israel seventy thousand men.1 Chronicles 21:14
Number of the word / term Pestilence in 1 Chronicles: 2
Bible passages with ‘Pestilence’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 6:28 If a famine will have risen up in the land, or pestilence, or fungus, or mildew, or locusts, or beetles, or if enemies will have laid waste to the countryside and will have besieged the gates of the cities, or whatever scourge or infirmity will have pressed upon them,2 Chronicles 6:28
2 Chronicles 7:13 If I close up heaven, so that no rain will fall, or if I order and instruct the locust to devour the land, or if I send a pestilence among my people,2 Chronicles 7:13
2 Chronicles 20:9 ‘If evils will have fallen upon us, the sword of judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand in your sight before this house, in which your name is invoked, and we will cry out to you in our tribulations. And you will heed us and accomplish our salvation.’2 Chronicles 20:9
Number of the word / term Pestilence in 2 Chronicles: 3
Bible passages with ‘Pestilence’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.Psalm 1:1
Number of the word / term Pestilence in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Pestilence’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 19:25 When the pestilent are scourged, the foolish will become wiser. But if you chastise the wise, he will understand discipline.Proverbs 19:25
Proverbs 21:11 When the pestilent is punished, a little one will become wiser. And if he pursues what is wise, he will receive knowledge.Proverbs 21:11
Number of the word / term Pestilence in Proverbs: 2
Bible passages with ‘Pestilence’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 14:12 When they will fast, I will not heed their petitions. And if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not accept them. For I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.”Jeremiah 14:12
Jeremiah 21:6 And I will strike the inhabitants of this city; men and beasts will die from a great pestilence.Jeremiah 21:6
Jeremiah 21:7 And afterward, thus says the Lord: I will give Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his servants, and his people, and those who have been left behind in this city after pestilence and the sword and famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their lives. And he will strike them with the edge of the sword. And he will not waver, and he will not be lenient, and he will not take pity.Jeremiah 21:7
Jeremiah 21:9 Whoever lives in this city will die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence. But whoever will have departed and fled away to the Chaldeans, who besiege you, will live, and his life will be to him like a spoil.Jeremiah 21:9
Jeremiah 24:10 And I will send among them the sword, and famine, and pestilence: until they have been worn away from the land, which I gave to them and to their fathers.”Jeremiah 24:10
Jeremiah 27:8 But the nation or kingdom that will not serve Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and whoever will not bend his neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will visit upon that nation with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, says the Lord, until I consume them by his hand.Jeremiah 27:8
Jeremiah 27:13 Why should you suffer death, you and your people, by the sword, and famine, and pestilence, just as the Lord has spoken against any nation that refuses to serve the king of Babylon?Jeremiah 27:13
Jeremiah 29:17 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will send among them the sword, and famine, and pestilence. And I will make them like the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, because they are very bad.Jeremiah 29:17
Jeremiah 29:18 And I will pursue them with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence. And I will give them over to affliction, amid all the kingdoms of the earth: as a curse, and in stupor, and with hissing, and as a disgrace among all the nations to which I have driven them out.Jeremiah 29:18
Jeremiah 32:24 Behold, fortifications were built against the city, so as to capture it. And the city was given into the hands of the Chaldeans, who fight against it, before the face of the sword, and of famine, and of pestilence. And what you have spoken has occurred, just as you yourself discern.Jeremiah 32:24
Jeremiah 32:36 And now, because of these things, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to this city, about which you say that it will be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence:Jeremiah 32:36
Jeremiah 34:17 Because of this, thus says the Lord: “You have not heeded me, though you proclaimed liberty, each one to his brother and each one to his friend. Behold, I am proclaiming a liberty for you, says the Lord, to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine. And I will cause you to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth.Jeremiah 34:17
Jeremiah 38:2 “Thus says the Lord: Whoever will remain in this city will die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence. But whoever will flee away from the Chaldeans, will live, and his soul will dwell in safety.Jeremiah 38:2
Jeremiah 42:17 And all the men, who have set their faces so that they may advance to Egypt in order to live there, will die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence. None of them will remain, nor will they escape from the face of the evil that I will bring over them.Jeremiah 42:17
Jeremiah 42:22 Therefore, know with certainty now, that you will die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence, in the place which you wish to enter so that you may live there.”Jeremiah 42:22
Jeremiah 44:13 And I will visit against those who are living in the land of Egypt, just as I have visited against Jerusalem: with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence.Jeremiah 44:13
Jeremiah 51:1 Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will raise up, over Babylon and over its inhabitants, who have lifted up their heart against me, something like a pestilent wind.Jeremiah 51:1
Jeremiah 51:25 Behold, I am against you, you pestilent mountain, says the Lord, for you are corrupting the entire earth. And I will extend my hand over you, and I will roll you down from the rocks, and I will make you into a burning mountain.Jeremiah 51:25
Number of the word / term Pestilence in Jeremiah: 18
Bible passages with ‘Pestilence’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 5:12 One third part of you will die by pestilence or be consumed by famine in your midst. And one third part of you will fall by the sword all around you. Yet truly, one third part of you I will scatter to every wind, and I will unsheathe the sword after them.Ezekiel 5:12
Ezekiel 5:17 And I will send among you famine and very harmful beasts, even unto utter ruin. And pestilence and blood shall pass through you. And I will bring the sword over you. I, the Lord, have spoken.”Ezekiel 5:17
Ezekiel 6:11 Thus says the Lord God: “Strike with your hand, and stomp with your foot, and say: ‘Alas, to all the abominations of the evils of the house of Israel!’ For they will fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.Ezekiel 6:11
Ezekiel 6:12 Whoever is far away will die of pestilence. But whoever is near will fall by the sword. And whoever remains and is besieged will die by famine. And I will fulfill my indignation among them.Ezekiel 6:12
Ezekiel 7:15 The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine are inside. Whoever is in the field will die by the sword. And whoever is in the city will be devoured by the pestilence and the famine.Ezekiel 7:15
Ezekiel 12:16 And I will leave behind a few men of them, apart from the sword, and the famine, and the pestilence, so that they may declare all their wicked deeds among the Gentiles, to whom they will go. And they shall know that I am the Lord.”Ezekiel 12:16
Ezekiel 14:19 Then, if I also send the pestilence upon that land, and I pour out my indignation upon it with blood, so that I take away from it both man and beast,Ezekiel 14:19
Ezekiel 14:21 For thus says the Lord God: Even though I will send upon Jerusalem my four most grievous judgments, sword and famine and harmful beasts and pestilence, so that I destroy from it both man and beast,Ezekiel 14:21
Ezekiel 28:23 And I will send a pestilence upon her, and there will be blood in her streets. And they will fall, slain by the sword, on every side in her midst. And they shall know that I am the Lord.Ezekiel 28:23
Ezekiel 33:27 You shall say these things to them: So says the Lord God: As I live, those who live in ruinous ways will fall by the sword. And whoever is in the field will be delivered over to wild beasts to be devoured. But those who are in fortresses and in caves will die of the pestilence.Ezekiel 33:27
Ezekiel 38:22 And I will judge him by pestilence, and blood, and violent rainstorms, and immense hailstones. I will rain fire and brimstone upon him, and upon his army, and upon the many peoples who are with him.Ezekiel 38:22
Number of the word / term Pestilence in Ezekiel: 11
Bible passages with ‘Pestilence’ in the book Acts
Acts 24:5 We have found this man to be pestilent, to be inciting seditions among all the Jews in the entire world, and to be the author of the sedition of the sect of the Nazarenes.Acts 24:5
Number of the word / term ‘Pestilence’ in Acts: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
