2 Samuel 23:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But anyone touching them has to be armed with iron and the rod of a spear; and they will be burned with fire, every one of them.

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  • Heb 6:8 : 8 But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned.
  • 2 Sam 22:8-9 : 8 Then the earth was moved with a violent shock; the bases of heaven were moved and shaking, because he was angry. 9 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it. 10 The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
  • Isa 27:4 : 4 My passion is over: if the thorns were fighting against me, I would make an attack on them, and they would be burned up together.
  • Matt 3:10-12 : 10 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire. 11 Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire: 12 In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.
  • Matt 13:42 : 42 And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
  • Luke 19:14 : 14 But his people had no love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler.
  • Luke 19:27 : 27 And as for those who were against me, who would not have me for their ruler, let them come here, and be put to death before me.
  • John 15:6 : 6 If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:
  • 2 Thess 2:8 : 8 And then will come the revelation of that evil one, whom the Lord Jesus will put to death with the breath of his mouth, and give to destruction by the revelation of his coming;

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