Hebrews 12:29

World English Bible (2000)

for our God is a consuming fire.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 4:24 : 24 For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
  • Deut 9:3 : 3 Know therefore this day, that Yahweh your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before you: so you shall drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Yahweh has spoken to you.
  • Heb 10:27 : 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.
  • Exod 24:17 : 17 The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
  • Num 11:1 : 1 The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger was kindled; and Yahweh's fire burnt among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
  • Num 16:35 : 35 Fire came forth from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.
  • Ps 97:3 : 3 A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.
  • Isa 66:15 : 15 For, behold, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
  • Dan 7:9 : 9 I saw until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat: his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, [and] its wheels burning fire.
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 giving vengeance to those who don't know God, and to those who don't obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,
  • Ps 50:3 : 3 Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.

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    24For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

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    27This phrase, "Yet once more," signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.

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    27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.

  • Ps 83:14
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    14As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,

  • Ps 50:3
    76%

    3Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.

  • Ps 29:7
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    7Yahweh's voice strikes with flashes of lightning.

  • Job 22:20
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    20saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'

  • 2 Sam 22:9
    75%

    9Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.

  • Deut 32:22
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    22For a fire is kindled in my anger, Burns to the lowest Sheol, Devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.

  • 2 Sam 22:13
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    13At the brightness before him, coals of fire were kindled.

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    3A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.

  • Job 31:12
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    12For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

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

  • Deut 5:25
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    25Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Yahweh our God any more, then we shall die.

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    14The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?

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    18For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

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  • Ps 18:8
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    8Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

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    9You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.

  • 1 Kgs 18:38
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    38Then the fire of Yahweh fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

  • Exod 24:17
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    17The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

  • Lev 9:24
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    24There came forth fire from before Yahweh, and consumed the burnt offering and the fat upon the altar: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

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    12looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

  • 2 Thess 1:8
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    8giving vengeance to those who don't know God, and to those who don't obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,

  • Isa 66:15
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    15For, behold, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

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    18A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked.

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    11You will conceive chaff. You will bring forth stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.

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    7For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.

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    15for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.

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    17If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

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    35Fire came forth from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.

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    31Therefore have I poured out my indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought on their heads, says the Lord Yahweh.

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