Psalms 18:9

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Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; burning coals blazed forth from Him.

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  • Deut 5:22-23 : 22 These are the words the LORD spoke to your entire assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the profound darkness, with a loud voice. He added no more, and He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me. 23 When you heard the voice from the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders came to me.
  • Deut 33:26 : 26 There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens to help you and on the clouds in His majesty.
  • 2 Sam 22:10 : 10 He parted the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.
  • Ps 68:4 : 4 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God and celebrate with joy.
  • Ps 144:5-9 : 5 Lord, bend down Your heavens and come down; touch the mountains, and they will smoke. 6 Send forth lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and confuse them. 7 Stretch out Your hand from above; rescue me and deliver me from the mighty waters, from the hand of foreign peoples. 8 Whose mouths speak falsehood and whose right hand is a right hand of deception. 9 O God, I will sing a new song to You; with a ten-stringed harp I will make music to You. 10 You, who brings salvation to kings and rescues Your servant David from the harmful sword. 11 Rescue me and save me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. 12 May our sons be like well-nurtured plants growing up in their youth, our daughters like pillars carved for a palace. 13 May our storehouses be full, producing all kinds of supply; may our sheep increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields. 14 May our oxen be strong for heavy labor, with no breach or leaving of the gates, and no outcry in our streets. 15 Blessed are the people whose situation is such; blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.
  • Isa 51:6 : 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens and look at the earth below. For the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die like flies. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
  • Joel 3:16 : 16 The LORD will roar from Zion and shout from Jerusalem; the heavens and the earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people and a stronghold for the children of Israel.
  • Matt 24:29 : 29 Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly powers will be shaken.
  • Mark 15:33 : 33 When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
  • John 13:7 : 7 Jesus answered him, 'What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.'
  • Heb 12:26 : 26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens."
  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 97%

    8Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook because he was angry.

    9Smoke rose from his nostrils, and consuming fire came from his mouth; burning coals blazed out from him.

    10He parted the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

    11He rode on a cherub and flew; he appeared on the wings of the wind.

    12He made darkness his covering around him, dense clouds of water and thick clouds of the skies.

    13From the brightness of his presence, coals of fire blazed forth.

    14The LORD thundered from the heavens; the Most High gave his voice.

  • Ps 18:10-13
    4 verses
    83%

    10He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under His feet.

    11He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

    12He made darkness His covering, His canopy around Him—the dark rain clouds of the skies.

    13Out of the brightness of His presence, His clouds advanced, with hailstones and burning coals of fire.

  • Ps 18:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7In my distress, I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple, He heard my voice, and my cry for help came into His ears.

    8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because He was angry.

  • 5Lord, bend down Your heavens and come down; touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

  • Job 26:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8He binds up the waters in his clouds, yet the cloud is not torn apart beneath them.

    9He covers the face of his throne and spreads his cloud over it.

  • Mic 1:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling place; He will descend and tread on the high places of the earth.

    4The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split open like wax before the fire, like water cascading down a slope.

  • Hab 3:3-6
    4 verses
    74%

    3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.

    4His radiance was like sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power was hidden.

    5Plague went before Him, and pestilence followed His steps.

    6He stood and shook the earth; He looked and startled the nations. The ancient mountains crumbled; the everlasting hills sank low. His ways are eternal.

  • Job 22:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13But you say, 'What does God know? Can He judge through such thick darkness?'

    14Clouds cover Him so He cannot see as He walks on the circle of the heavens.

  • Ps 104:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2You cover Yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent curtain.

    3He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He makes the clouds His chariot and walks on the wings of the wind.

  • Ps 97:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

    3Fire goes before Him and burns up His adversaries all around.

    4His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

  • 3From ancient times, no ear has heard, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.

  • Ps 77:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and trembled; even the depths were shaken.

    18The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth sound; Your arrows flashed back and forth.

  • 9when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,

  • 1Oh, that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence—

  • 8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.

  • 18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

  • 23Yet He commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven.

  • 8God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness—Selah.

  • 5The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it.

  • 11You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire up to the very heavens, with darkness, cloud, and thick gloom.

  • 9But what does 'he ascended' mean except that he also descended to the lower parts of the earth?

  • 32He covers His hands with the lightning and commands it to strike its target.

  • 6He will come down like rain upon cut grass, like showers that water the earth.

  • 3He unleashes it under the whole sky, and His lightning to the edges of the earth.

  • 4O Lord, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down water.

  • 25A voice came from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered.

  • 3I clothe the heavens with darkness and make sackcloth their covering.

  • 6He stoops down to look upon the heavens and the earth.

  • 2'If they dig down to the depths of Sheol, from there My hand will take them. If they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down.'

  • 29Moreover, can anyone understand the expanse of the clouds, or the thunderings of His pavilion?