Psalm 78:31
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
Cross-reference
In Psalm 78:63, fire devours the young men — a restatement of the same judgment on the strongest of Israel.
Psalm 78:21 describes God's wrath kindled against Israel; this verse shows the execution of that wrath by killing the strongest.
Psalm 78:24 recalls God's provision of manna, contrasting with the judgment here — the same God who gave bread also brought wrath.
Numbers 11:33 is the historical account — while meat was still between their teeth, God struck them with a plague.
In Job 20:23, God's anger rains on the wicked while his belly is full — a direct parallel to the judgment on Israel's strong.
Ezekiel 7:19 shows wealth useless in God's wrath, paralleling how human strength fails here — both depict divine judgment's futility of human resources.
1 Corinthians 11:30 links unworthy communion to sickness and death, mirroring the divine judgment that killed the strong here — a NT parallel.
Ephesians 5:6 warns that God's wrath comes on the disobedient, which this verse exemplifies — a general principle applied to a specific event.