Psalms 97:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Ps 18:8 : 8 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.
  • Ps 50:3 : 3 Our God will come, and will not keep quiet; with fire burning before him, and storm-winds round him.
  • 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.
  • Hab 3:5 : 5 Before him went disease, and flames went out at his feet.
  • Mal 4:1 : 1 For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.
  • Heb 12:29 : 29 For our God is an all-burning fire.
  • 2 Pet 3:10-12 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness, 12 Looking for and truly desiring the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will come to an end through fire, and the substance of the earth will be changed by the great heat?
  • 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.
  • Rev 20:15 : 15 And if anyone's name was not in the book of life, he went down into the sea of fire.
  • 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:
  • 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.
  • Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you. 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.
  • Deut 4:11 : 11 And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.
  • Deut 4:36 : 36 Out of heaven itself his voice came to you, teaching you; and on earth he let you see his great fire; and his words came to your ears out of the heart of the fire.
  • Deut 5:4 : 4 The word of the Lord came to you face to face on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire,
  • Deut 5:23-24 : 23 And after hearing the voice which came out of the dark while the mountain was burning with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your chiefs came to me, 24 And said, The Lord has let us see his glory and his power, and his voice has come to us out of the fire: today we have seen that a man may go on living even after hearing the voice of God.
  • Deut 32:22 : 22 For 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.

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    2Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging.

  • 2 Sam 22:12-13
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    12And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

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

  • Hab 3:4-5
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    4He was shining like the light; he had rays coming out from his hand: there his power was kept secret.

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

  • Ps 97:4-6
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    4His bright flames give light to the world; the earth saw it with fear.

    5The mountains became like wax at the coming of the Lord, at the coming of the Lord of all the earth.

    6The heavens gave out the news of his righteousness, and all the people saw his glory.

  • 2 Sam 22:9
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    9There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.

  • Ps 18:8-9
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    8There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.

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

  • Ps 18:11-13
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    11He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

    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.

  • Ps 50:3
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    3Our God will come, and will not keep quiet; with fire burning before him, and storm-winds round him.

  • Joel 2:3
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    3Before them fire sends destruction, and after them flame is burning: the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and after them an unpeopled waste; truly, nothing has been kept safe from them.

  • Ps 83:14
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    14As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains,

  • Nah 1:5-6
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    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.

  • Isa 66:15
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    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.

  • Isa 30:27
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    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:

  • Job 41:21
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    21Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth.

  • Heb 12:29
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    29For our God is an all-burning fire.

  • Isa 9:18
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    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 29:7
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    7At the voice of the Lord flames of fire are seen.

  • Isa 64:2
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    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.

  • Job 37:3
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    3He sends it out through all the heaven, and his thunder-flame to the ends of the earth.

  • Isa 30:30
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    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.

  • Ps 21:9
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    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.

  • Ps 19:6
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    6His going out is from the end of the heaven, and his circle to the ends of it; there is nothing which is not open to his heat.

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    3In his burning wrath every horn of Israel has been cut off; his right hand has been turned back before the attacker: he has put a fire in Jacob, causing destruction round about.

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    8But like water overflowing he will take them away; he will put an end to those who come up against him, driving his haters into the dark.

  • Job 41:19
    72%

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

  • Job 20:26-27
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    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.

    27The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

  • Isa 10:17
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    17And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: wasting and burning up his thorns in one day.

  • Ps 148:8
    72%

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

  • Ps 104:4
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    4He makes winds his angels, and flames of fire his servants.

  • Ps 85:13
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    13Righteousness will go before him, making a way for his footsteps.

  • Jer 15:14
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    14They will go away with your haters into a land which is strange to you: for my wrath is on fire with a flame which will be burning on you.

  • Ps 68:1-2
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    1<To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. A Song.> Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him.

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  • Deut 9:3
    72%

    3Be certain then today that it is the Lord your God who goes over before you like an all-burning fire; he will send destruction on them, crushing them before you; and you will send them in flight, putting an end to them quickly, as the Lord has said.

  • Mic 1:3-4
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    3For see, the Lord is coming out from his place, and will come down, stepping on the high places of the earth.

    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.

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

  • Ps 58:9
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    9Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.

  • Heb 1:7
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    7And of the angels he says, Who makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire:

  • Nah 1:3
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    3The Lord is slow to get angry and great in power, and will not let the sinner go without punishment: the way of the Lord is in the wind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

  • Exod 15:7
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    7When you are lifted up in power, all those who come against you are crushed: when you send out your wrath, they are burned up like dry grass.