Hebrews 12:29

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For our God is indeed a devouring fire.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 4:24 : 24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.
  • Deut 9:3 : 3 Understand today that the LORD your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he has told you.
  • Heb 10:27 : 27 but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies.
  • 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.
  • Num 11:1 : 1 The Israelites Complain When the people complained, it displeased the LORD. When the LORD heard it, his anger burned, and so the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outer parts of the camp.
  • Num 16:35 : 35 Then a fire went out from the LORD and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
  • Ps 97:3 : 3 Fire goes before him; on every side it burns up his enemies.
  • Isa 66:15 : 15 For look, the LORD comes with fire, his chariots come like a windstorm, to reveal his raging anger, his battle cry, and his flaming arrows.
  • Dan 7:9 : 9 “While I was watching, thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His attire was white like snow; the hair of his head was like lamb’s wool. His throne was ablaze with fire and its wheels were all aflame.
  • 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.
  • Ps 50:3 : 3 “May our God come and not be silent.” Consuming fire goes ahead of him and all around him a storm rages.

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  • Deut 4:24
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    24For the LORD your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.

  • Heb 12:27-28
    2 verses
    77%

    27Now this phrase“once more” indicates the removal of what is shaken, that is, of created things, so that what is unshaken may remain.

    28So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.

  • Heb 10:27
    76%

    27but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies.

  • Ps 83:14
    76%

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

  • Ps 50:3
    76%

    3“May our God come and not be silent.” Consuming fire goes ahead of him and all around him a storm rages.

  • Ps 29:7
    76%

    7The LORD’s shout strikes with flaming fire.

  • Job 22:20
    76%

    20‘Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.’

  • 2 Sam 22:9
    75%

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

  • Deut 32:22
    75%

    22For a fire has been kindled by my anger, and it burns to lowest Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and ignites the foundations of the mountains.

  • 2 Sam 22:13
    75%

    13From the brightness in front of him came coals of fire.

  • Ps 97:3
    74%

    3Fire goes before him; on every side it burns up his enemies.

  • Job 31:12
    74%

    12For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.

  • Heb 10:31
    74%

    31It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

  • Deut 5:25
    73%

    25But now, why should we die, because this intense fire will consume us! If we keep hearing the voice of the LORD our God we will die!

  • Isa 33:14
    73%

    14Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say,‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?’

  • Isa 9:18-19
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    73%

    18For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

    19Because of the anger of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the land was scorched, and the people became fuel for the fire. People had no compassion on one another.

  • Ps 18:8
    73%

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

  • Ps 21:9
    73%

    9You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

  • 1 Kgs 18:38
    73%

    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.

  • Exod 24:17
    73%

    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.

  • Lev 9:24
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Pet 3:12
    72%

    12while waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God? Because of this day, the heavens will be burned up and dissolve, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze!

  • 2 Thess 1:8
    72%

    8With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

  • Isa 66:15
    72%

    15For look, the LORD comes with fire, his chariots come like a windstorm, to reveal his raging anger, his battle cry, and his flaming arrows.

  • Deut 9:3
    71%

    3Understand today that the LORD your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he has told you.

  • Isa 30:27
    71%

    27Look, the name of the LORD comes from a distant place in raging anger and awesome splendor. He speaks angrily and his word is like destructive fire.

  • Ps 106:18
    71%

    18Fire burned their group; the flames scorched the wicked.

  • Isa 33:11-12
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    11You conceive straw, you give birth to chaff; your breath is a fire that destroys you.

    12The nations will be burned to ashes; like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.

  • Ps 90:7
    71%

    7Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.

  • Nah 1:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

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

    6No 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.

  • Deut 6:15
    71%

    15for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.

  • Dan 3:17
    71%

    17If our God whom we are serving exists, he is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and he will rescue us, O king, from your power as well.

  • Isa 64:2
    71%

    2(64:1) As when fire ignites dry wood, or fire makes water boil, let your adversaries know who you are, and may the nations shake at your presence!

  • Mark 9:48
    70%

    48where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched.

  • Num 11:3
    70%

    3So he called the name of that place Taberah because there the fire of the LORD burned among them.

  • Num 16:35
    70%

    35Then a fire went out from the LORD and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.

  • Ezek 22:31
    70%

    31So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

  • Heb 1:7
    70%

    7And he says of the angels,“He makes his angels winds and his ministers a flame of fire,”

  • Jer 15:14
    70%

    14I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For my anger is like a fire that will burn against you.”

  • Lev 10:2
    70%

    2So fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them so that they died before the LORD.

  • Exod 19:18
    70%

    18Now 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.

  • Ps 18:12
    70%

    12From the brightness in front of him came hail and fiery coals.

  • Ezek 24:10
    70%

    10Pile up the wood, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred.

  • Lev 6:13
    70%

    13A continual fire must be kept burning on the altar. It must not be extinguished.

  • Isa 29:6
    70%

    6Judgment will come from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, accompanied by thunder, earthquake, and a loud noise, by a strong gale, a windstorm, and a consuming flame of fire.

  • Isa 31:9
    70%

    9They will surrender their stronghold because of fear; their officers will be afraid of the LORD’s battle flag.” This is what the LORD says– the one whose fire is in Zion, whose firepot is in Jerusalem.