Psalms 18:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.

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  • Ps 21:9 : 9 You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.
  • Ps 50:3 : 3 Our God will come, and will not keep quiet; with fire burning before him, and storm-winds round him.
  • Ps 74:1 : 1 <Maschil. Of Asaph.> Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?
  • Ps 104:32 : 32 At whose look the earth is shaking; at whose touch the mountains send out smoke.
  • Ps 144:5-6 : 5 Come down, O Lord, from your heavens: at your touch let the mountains give out smoke. 6 With your storm-flames send them in flight: send out your arrows for their destruction.
  • Dan 7:10 : 10 A stream of fire was flowing and coming out from before him: a thousand thousands were his servants, and ten thousand times ten thousand were in their places before him: the judge was seated and the books were open.
  • Amos 4:11 : 11 And I have sent destruction among you, as when God sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick pulled out of the fire: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
  • Nah 1:5-6 : 5 The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it. 6 Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.
  • Rev 11:5 : 5 And if any man would do them damage, fire comes out of their mouth and puts an end to those who are working against them: and if any man has a desire to do them damage, in this way will he be put to death.
  • Gen 19:28 : 28 And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.
  • Lev 10:2 : 2 And fire came out from before the Lord, burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord.
  • Num 11:1 : 1 Now the people were saying evil against the Lord; and the Lord, hearing it, was angry and sent fire on them, burning the outer parts of the tent-circle.
  • Num 16:35 : 35 Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.
  • Deut 29:20 : 20 The Lord will have no mercy on him, but the wrath of the Lord will be burning against that man, and all the curses recorded in this book will be waiting for him, and the Lord will take away his name completely from the earth.
  • Deut 29:23-24 : 23 And that all the land is a salt and smoking waste, not planted or giving fruit or clothed with grass, but wasted like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, on which the Lord sent destruction in the heat of his wrath: 24 Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?
  • Ps 11:6 : 6 On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

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  • 2 Sam 22:8-10
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    97%

    8Then the earth was moved with a violent shock; the bases of heaven were moved and shaking, because he was angry.

    9There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.

    10The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

  • Job 41:19-21
    3 verses
    87%

    19The arrow is not able to put him to flight: stones are no more to him than dry stems.

    20A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.

    21Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth.

  • Ps 18:7
    81%

    7Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry.

  • Ps 18:12-13
    2 verses
    80%

    12Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

    13The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.

  • Nah 1:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.

    6Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.

  • 2 Sam 22:13-14
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    79%

    13Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and coals of fire.

    14The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out.

  • Isa 9:18
    79%

    18For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.

  • Ps 97:3
    79%

    3Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about.

  • Hab 3:5
    79%

    5Before him went disease, and flames went out at his feet.

  • Ps 18:9
    78%

    9The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

  • Deut 32:22
    77%

    22For my wrath is a flaming fire, burning to the deep parts of the underworld, burning up the earth with her increase, and firing the deep roots of the mountains.

  • Isa 30:27-28
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    77%

    27See, the name of the Lord is coming from far, burning with his wrath, with thick smoke going up: his lips are full of passion, and his tongue is like a burning fire:

    28And his breath is as an overflowing stream, coming up even to the neck, shaking the nations for their destruction, like the shaking of grain in a basket: and he will put a cord in the mouths of the people, turning them out of their way.

  • Ps 83:14
    77%

    14As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains,

  • Ps 148:8
    77%

    8Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word:

  • Exod 19:18
    76%

    18And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking.

  • Ps 104:32
    75%

    32At whose look the earth is shaking; at whose touch the mountains send out smoke.

  • Rev 9:18
    75%

    18By these evils a third part of men was put to death, by the fire, and the smoke, and the burning smell which came out of their mouths.

  • Ps 144:5
    75%

    5Come down, O Lord, from your heavens: at your touch let the mountains give out smoke.

  • Job 4:9
    75%

    9By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.

  • Ps 106:18
    74%

    18And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames.

  • Mic 1:4
    74%

    4And the mountains will be turned to water under him, and the deep valleys will be broken open, like wax before the fire, like waters flowing down a slope.

  • Ps 50:3
    74%

    3Our God will come, and will not keep quiet; with fire burning before him, and storm-winds round him.

  • Ps 21:9
    74%

    9You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

  • Job 15:30
    73%

    30He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

  • Isa 30:30
    73%

    30And the Lord will send out the sound of his great voice, and they will see his arm stretched out, with the heat of his wrath, and the flame of a burning fire; with a cloud-burst, and storm, and a rain of ice.

  • Isa 33:11
    73%

    11Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath.

  • Isa 66:15
    73%

    15For the Lord is coming with fire, and his war-carriages will be like the storm-wind; to give punishment in the heat of his wrath, and his passion is like flames of fire.

  • Heb 12:29
    73%

    29For our God is an all-burning fire.

  • 2 Sam 22:16
    73%

    16Then the deep beds of the sea were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of the Lord's wrath, because of the breath of his mouth.

  • Isa 64:2
    73%

    2While you do acts of power for which we are not looking, and which have not come to the ears of men in the past.

  • 1 Kgs 18:38
    73%

    38Then the fire of the Lord came down, burning up the offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and drinking up the water in the drain.

  • Ps 2:5
    73%

    5Then will his angry words come to their ears, and by his wrath they will be troubled:

  • Ps 78:21
    73%

    21So these things came to the Lord's ears, and he was angry; and a fire was lighted against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel;

  • Ps 18:15
    73%

    15Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.

  • Ps 29:7
    72%

    7At the voice of the Lord flames of fire are seen.

  • Ps 68:2
    72%

    2Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God.

  • Ps 140:10
    72%

    10Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again.

  • Isa 34:9
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    9And its streams will be turned into boiling oil, and its dust into burning stone, and all the land will be on fire.

  • Ps 80:16
    72%

    16It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.

  • Job 18:4
    72%

    4But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?

  • Job 20:26
    72%

    26All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.

  • Ps 11:6
    71%

    6On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.