Judges 13:22
“And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”
For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the Lord.
And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.
And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
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“And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
“And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.”
“For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?”
“No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”
“When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”