What God says about pestilence?

You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday."
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What does the Bible say about wars and pestilence?

[6] And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. [7] For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
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What does the Bible say about pestilence KJV?

[49] I will send plagues upon thee; widowhood, poverty, famine, sword, and pestilence, to waste thy houses with destruction and death.
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Where in the Bible does it say God will protect us from pestilence?

Bible Gateway Psalm 91 :: NIV. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.
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Does pestilence come from God?

Throughout history, humans have sought explanations for things that are beyond our normal control or understanding. While God is often credited as the sender of plagues or pestilence – usually to teach some moral lesson – we tend to focus our wrath on human scapegoats.
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What the Bible Says About Plagues



What does the Bible mean by pestilence?

Pestilence means a deadly and overwhelming disease that affects an entire community. The Black Plague, a disease that killed over thirty percent of Europe's population, was certainly a pestilence. Pestilence is also one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the Book of Revelation (which is part of The Bible).
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What is pestilence in Revelation?

As infectious disease

Under another interpretation, the first Horseman is called Pestilence, and is associated with infectious disease and plague. It appears at least as early as 1906, when it is mentioned in the Jewish Encyclopedia.
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What the Bible says about plagues and diseases?

21.10-11. There, Jesus says: 'Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and plagues; and there will be dreadful portents and great signs from heaven' (NRSV).
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What is an example of pestilence?

A usually fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague. The definition of a pestilence is any infectious, fatal disease that is widespread or an evil influence or deliverer. An example of a pestilence is the bubonic plague. An example of a pestilence is a swarm of mosquitoes carrying disease.
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Is pestilence an angel?

So no I don't think War, Famine, Death and Pestilence are angels. However, their true origin and race remains unknown.
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How many pestilence are there in the Bible?

Although the Hebrew Bible names almost 3,000 people, Mykytiuk states that for an overwhelming number of these, it only gives the person's name and does not supply enough specific information about them to identify them in any other writing.
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What is noisome pestilence?

1 : noxious, harmful a noisome pestilence. 2a : offensive to the senses and especially to the sense of smell noisome garbage.
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What order are the Four Horsemen?

The Book of Revelations in the New Testament lists the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as conquest, war, famine and death, while in the Old Testament's Book of Ezekiel they are sword, famine, wild beasts and pestilence or plague.
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What does the Bible say about nations rising against nation?

Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains. "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
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What does Matthew 24 say in the Bible?

"Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, the moon shall not give its light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
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What are the signs of the times in Matthew 16?

Matthew 16:2b–3 (the signs of the times) is a passage within the second and third verses in the 16th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. It describes a confrontation between Jesus and the Pharisees and Sadducees over their demand for a sign from heaven.
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What causes pestilence?

It is caused by the bacterium, Yersinia pestis. Humans usually get plague after being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague bacterium or by handling an animal infected with plague.
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How do you treat pestilence?

Get the ingredients ( two thistles, one valerian, and one piece of charcoal) and prepare the remedy by putting water and thistle in the cauldron, boiling it for two turns, adding the valerian and boiling for one more turn, then add the charcoal before pouring the whole thing into a phial.
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What illness is pestilence?

Pestilence: The pestilence referred to the bubonic plague and it now refers to any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
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What does the Bible says about quarantine?

Leviticus states that the Kohanim were to swing by those houses and then quarantine them for a week. Naturally, the Mishnah gets into the weeds of the practice of triaging lepers and those with STIs and when to determine quarantine, confirm a case or declare a person clean.
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What does the Bible say about the 7 plagues?

Revelation 15-16

In Revelation, the final book of the Bible, we find “seven angels with the seven last plagues — last, because with them God's wrath is completed,” according to Revelation 15:1. Revelation 16 lists what plague each angel brought to earth. All the quoted Scripture are from the New International Version.
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What are the 7 biblical plagues?

Plagues
  • Turning water to blood: Ex. 7:14–24. ...
  • Frogs: Ex. 7:25–8:11/15. ...
  • Lice or gnats: Ex. 8:12–15/8:16–19. ...
  • Wild animals or flies: Ex. 8:16–28/8:20–32. ...
  • Pestilence of livestock: Ex. 9:1–7. ...
  • Boils: Ex. 9:8–12. ...
  • Thunderstorm of hail and fire: Ex. 9:13–35. ...
  • Locusts: Ex. 10:1–20.
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What does the Bible say about the 4 Horsemen?

four horsemen of the apocalypse, in Christianity, the four horsemen who, according to the book of Revelation (6:1–8), appear with the opening of the first four of the seven seals that bring forth the cataclysm of the apocalypse.
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How does the apocalypse start in the Bible?

It begins with John, on the island of Patmos in the Aegean Sea, addressing a letter to the "Seven Churches of Asia". He then describes a series of prophetic visions, including figures such as the Seven-Headed Dragon, the Serpent, and the Beast, which culminate in the Second Coming of Jesus.
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What does Psalms 91 mean in the Bible?

Midrash Tehillim and Zohar teach that Moses composed this psalm while ascending into the cloud hovering over Mount Sinai, at which time he recited these words as protection from the angels of destruction. In Jewish thought, Psalm 91 conveys the themes of God's protection and rescue from danger.
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