On the appointed day Herod,
wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to
the people. They shouted, “This is the
voice of a god, not of a man.” Immediately, because Herod
did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was
eaten by worms and died. Acts 12:21-23
The
Proverb that reads “pride comes before the fall” certainly applied to Herod who
believed the praises they received and allowed it to go to his head. He didn’t give praise to God, but accepted it
for himself. He was eaten by worms,
which probably points to an inner intestinal flatworm (tapeworm, fluke),
hookworm, pinworm, thorny-headed/spiny worms or roundworms. All of them parasitic.
God
allowed the worm to eat King Herod from in the inside, much like in death,
where worms eat our bodies from the outside in.
All pride/selfishness from the inside leads to our death.