Exodus 19:18

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Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

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  • Ps 144:5 : 5 O LORD, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder!
  • Judg 5:5 : 5 The mountains trembled before the LORD, the God of Sinai; before the LORD God of Israel.
  • Exod 24:17 : 17 Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain view of the people.
  • Rev 15:8 : 8 and the temple was filled with smoke from God’s glory and from his power. Thus no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues from the seven angels were completed.
  • Jer 4:24 : 24 I looked at the mountains and saw that they were shaking. All the hills were swaying back and forth!
  • Gen 19:28 : 28 He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.
  • Exod 3:2 : 2 The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He looked– and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed!
  • Ps 104:32 : 32 He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.
  • Isa 6:4 : 4 The sound of their voices shook the door frames, and the temple was filled with smoke.
  • 2 Chr 7:1-3 : 1 Solomon Dedicates the Temple When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the LORD’s splendor filled the temple. 2 The priests were unable to enter the LORD’s temple because the LORD’s splendor filled the LORD’s temple. 3 When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and the LORD’s splendor over the temple, they got on their knees with their faces downward toward the pavement. They worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying,“Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!”
  • Ps 68:7-8 : 7 O God, when you lead your people into battle, when you march through the wastelands,(Selah) 8 the earth shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
  • Gen 15:17 : 17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts.
  • Heb 12:26 : 26 Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised,“I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven too.”
  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.
  • Nah 1:5-6 : 5 The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste. 6 No one can withstand his indignation! No one can resist his fierce anger! His wrath is poured out like volcanic fire, boulders are broken up as he approaches.
  • Zech 14:5 : 5 Then you will escape through my mountain valley, for the valley of the mountains will extend to Azal. Indeed, you will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come with all his holy ones with him.
  • Matt 24:7 : 7 For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
  • Heb 12:18 : 18 For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind
  • Ps 77:18 : 18 Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.
  • 1 Kgs 19:11-12 : 11 The LORD said,“Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Look, the LORD is ready to pass by.”A very powerful wind went before the LORD, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake, there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a soft whisper.
  • Ps 114:7 : 7 Tremble, O earth, before the Lord– before the God of Jacob,
  • Exod 19:13 : 13 No hand will touch him– but he will surely be stoned or shot through, whether a beast or a human being; he must not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast they may go up on the mountain.”
  • Exod 20:18 : 18 All the people were seeing the thundering and the lightning, and heard the sound of the horn, and saw the mountain smoking– and when the people saw it they trembled with fear and kept their distance.
  • Deut 4:11-12 : 11 You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud. 12 Then the LORD spoke to you from the middle of the fire; you heard speech but you could not see anything– only a voice was heard.
  • Deut 5:22 : 22 The Narrative of the Sinai Revelation and Israel’s Response The LORD said these things to your entire assembly at the mountain from the middle of the fire, the cloud, and the darkness with a loud voice, and that was all he said. Then he inscribed the words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
  • Deut 33:2 : 2 He said:A Historical Review The LORD came from Sinai and revealed himself to Israel from Seir. He appeared in splendor from Mount Paran, and came forth with ten thousand holy ones. With his right hand he gave a fiery law to them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 19:19-21
    3 verses
    82%

    19When the sound of the horn grew louder and louder, Moses was speaking and God was answering him with a voice.

    20The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain, and the LORD summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

    21The LORD said to Moses,“Go down and solemnly warn the people, lest they force their way through to the LORD to look, and many of them perish.

  • Exod 19:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    16On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled.

    17Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain.

  • Exod 20:18
    79%

    18All the people were seeing the thundering and the lightning, and heard the sound of the horn, and saw the mountain smoking– and when the people saw it they trembled with fear and kept their distance.

  • Judg 5:5
    78%

    5The mountains trembled before the LORD, the God of Sinai; before the LORD God of Israel.

  • Ps 18:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7The earth heaved and shook; the roots of the mountains trembled; they heaved because he was angry.

    8Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

    9He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

  • Deut 4:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.

    12Then the LORD spoke to you from the middle of the fire; you heard speech but you could not see anything– only a voice was heard.

  • Exod 24:16-18
    3 verses
    76%

    16The glory of the LORD resided on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud.

    17Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain view of the people.

    18Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

  • Exod 19:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

    12You must set boundaries for the people all around, saying,‘Take heed to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death!

  • Nah 1:5
    75%

    5The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste.

  • 2 Sam 22:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8The earth heaved and shook; the foundations of the sky trembled. They heaved because he was angry.

    9Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

  • Heb 12:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20For they could not bear what was commanded:“If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

    21In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said,“I shudder with fear.”

  • Ps 144:5
    75%

    5O LORD, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder!

  • Exod 19:23-24
    2 verses
    74%

    23Moses said to the LORD,“The people are not able to come up to Mount Sinai, because you solemnly warned us,‘Set boundaries for the mountain and set it apart.’”

    24The LORD said to him,“Go, get down, and come up, and Aaron with you, but do not let the priests and the people force their way through to come up to the LORD, lest he break through against them.”

  • Heb 12:18
    74%

    18For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind

  • Deut 9:15
    73%

    15So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

  • Ps 97:5
    73%

    5The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of the whole earth.

  • Ps 68:8
    73%

    8the earth shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

  • Mic 1:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3Look, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops!

    4The mountains will crumble beneath him; and the valleys will split apart, like wax before a fire, like water dumped down a steep slope.

  • 1 Kgs 19:11
    72%

    11The LORD said,“Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Look, the LORD is ready to pass by.”A very powerful wind went before the LORD, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

  • Isa 64:3
    72%

    3When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.

  • Ps 104:32
    72%

    32He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.

  • Isa 6:4
    72%

    4The sound of their voices shook the door frames, and the temple was filled with smoke.

  • Exod 19:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2After they journeyed from Rephidim, they came to the desert of Sinai, and they camped in the desert; Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

    3Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain,“Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people of Israel:

  • Isa 64:1
    71%

    1(63:19b) If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you!

  • Deut 5:23
    71%

    23Then, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness while the mountain was ablaze, all your tribal leaders and elders approached me.

  • Lev 9:24
    71%

    24Then fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar, and all the people saw it, so they shouted loudly and fell down with their faces to the ground.

  • Exod 34:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Be prepared in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourself for me there on the top of the mountain.

    3No one is to come up with you; do not let anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks or the herds may graze in front of that mountain.”

  • Exod 34:5
    71%

    5The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the LORD by name.

  • Deut 5:4
    71%

    4The LORD spoke face to face with you at the mountain, from the middle of the fire.

  • Gen 19:28
    71%

    28He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.

  • Exod 19:14
    71%

    14Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.

  • Ps 83:14
    70%

    14Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,

  • 1 Kgs 18:38
    70%

    38Then fire from the LORD fell from the sky. It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench.

  • Heb 12:29
    70%

    29For our God is indeed a devouring fire.

  • Deut 4:36
    70%

    36From heaven he spoke to you in order to teach you, and on earth he showed you his great fire from which you also heard his words.