Deuteronomy 9:18
Deuteronomy · Old Testament · Chapter 9
“And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”Deuteronomy 9:18
What Does Deuteronomy 9:18 Mean?
Deuteronomy 9:18 is found in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 9, verse 18 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Wilderness, Doubt, and Temptation.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Deuteronomy 9:18 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
James 5:16“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”Matthew 4:2“And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.”Exodus 34:28“And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.”1 John 5:16“If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.”Deuteronomy 9:25“Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.”Exodus 32:11“And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?”1 Kings 19:8“And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.”Deuteronomy 9:9“When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:”Deuteronomy 10:10“And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.”Ezra 10:6“Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.”Luke 4:2“Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.”Exodus 24:18“And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.”Job 1:20“Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,”Psalms 106:23“Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.”Exodus 32:10“Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.”2 Samuel 12:16“David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.”2 Kings 14:24“And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.”Mark 14:35“And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.”Acts 1:3“To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:”Genesis 7:12“And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”
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