13 Bible Verses about Extinguishing

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Proverbs 26:20


For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer [who gossips], contention quiets down.

Numbers 11:2

So the people cried out to Moses, and when Moses prayed to the Lord, the fire died out.

2 Samuel 14:7

Now behold, the entire family has risen against your maidservant, and they say, ‘Hand over the one who killed his brother, so that we may put him to death [to pay] for the life of his brother whom he killed and destroy the heir also.’ By doing this they will extinguish my coal that is left, leaving my husband without a name or a remnant (heir) on the face of the earth.”

Psalm 118:12


They swarmed around me like bees;
They flare up and are extinguished like a fire of thorns;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

Hebrews 11:34

extinguished the power of [raging] fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became mighty and unbeatable in battle, putting enemy forces to flight.

Matthew 25:8

But the foolish virgins said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

Job 18:6


“The light will be dark in his tent,
And his lamp beside him will be put out.

Proverbs 13:9


The light of the righteous [within him—grows brighter and] rejoices,
But the lamp of the wicked [is a temporary light and] goes out.

Proverbs 24:20


For there will be no future for the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Isaiah 43:17


He who brings out the chariot and the horse,
The army and the mighty warrior,
(They will lie down together, they will not rise again;
They have been extinguished, they have been put out like a lamp’s wick):

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2 Samuel 21:17

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to David’s aid, and struck and killed the Philistine. Then David’s men swore to him, “You shall not go out again with us to battle, so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel.”

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