36 Bible Verses about Lightning

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Exodus 9:23-24

And Moses stretcheth out his rod towards the heavens, and Jehovah hath given voices and hail, and fire goeth towards the earth, and Jehovah raineth hail on the land of Egypt, and there is hail, and fire catching itself in the midst of the hail, very grievous, such as hath not been in all the land of Egypt since it hath become a nation.

Job 36:30-33

Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered, For by them He doth judge peoples, He giveth food in abundance. By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,read more.
He sheweth by it to his friend substance, Anger against perversity.

2 Samuel 22:13

From the brightness before Him Were brands of fire kindled!

Job 37:3

Under the whole heavens He directeth it, And its light is over the skirts of the earth.

Job 38:24

Where is this, the way light is apportioned? It scattereth an east wind over the earth.

Psalm 78:48

And delivereth up to the hail their beasts, And their cattle to the burning flames.

Psalm 105:32

He hath made their showers hail, A flaming fire is in their land.

Psalm 97:4

Lightened have His lightnings the world, The earth hath seen, and is pained.

Psalm 135:7

Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, Lightnings for the rain He hath made, Bringing forth wind from His treasures.

Psalm 144:6

Send forth lightning, and scatter them, Send forth Thine arrows, and trouble them,

Jeremiah 10:12-13

The maker of the earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who, by His understanding, stretched forth the heavens, At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters is in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And bringeth out wind from His treasures.

Revelation 16:18

and there came voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and a great earthquake came, such as came not since men came upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake -- so great!

Luke 9:29

and it came to pass, in his praying, the appearance of his face became altered, and his garment white -- sparkling.

Ezekiel 21:10

So as to slaughter a slaughter it is sharpened. So as to have brightness it is polished, Desire hath rejoiced the sceptre of my son, It is despising every tree.

Daniel 10:6

and his body as a beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet as the aspect of bright brass, and the voice of his words as the voice of a multitude.

Habakkuk 3:11

Sun -- moon -- hath stood -- a habitation, At the light thine arrows go on, At the brightness, the glittering of thy spear.

Zechariah 9:14

And Jehovah doth appear for them, And gone forth as lightning hath His arrow, And the Lord Jehovah with a trumpet bloweth, And He hath gone with whirlwinds of the south.

Luke 24:4

And it came to pass, while they are perplexed about this, that lo, two men stood by them in glittering apparel,

Job 1:16

While this one is speaking another also hath come and saith, 'Fire of God hath fallen from the heavens, and burneth among the flock, and among the young men, and consumeth them, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare it to thee.'

2 Kings 1:10-12

And Elijah answereth and speaketh unto the head of the fifty, 'And if I am a man of God, fire doth come down from the heavens, and consume thee and thy fifty;' and fire cometh down from the heavens, and consumeth him and his fifty. And he turneth and sendeth unto him another head of fifty and his fifty, and he answereth and speaketh unto him, 'O man of God, thus said the king, Haste, come down.' And Elijah answereth and speaketh unto them, 'If I am a man of God, fire doth come down from the heavens, and consume thee and thy fifty;' and fire of God cometh down from the heavens, and consumeth him and his fifty.

Luke 9:54

And his disciples James and John having seen, said, 'Sir, wilt thou that we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah did?'

Revelation 20:9

and they did go up over the breadth of the land, and did surround the camp of the saints, and the beloved city, and there came down fire from God out of the heaven, and devoured them;

Exodus 19:16

And it cometh to pass, on the third day, while it is morning, that there are voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud, on the mount, and the sound of a trumpet very strong; and all the people who are in the camp do tremble.

Revelation 4:5

and out of the throne proceed do lightnings, and thunders, and voices; and seven lamps of fire are burning before the throne, which are the Seven Spirits of God,

Exodus 20:18

And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off,

Ezekiel 1:4

And I look, and lo, a tempestuous wind is coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire catching itself, and brightness to it round about, and out of its midst as the colour of copper, out of the midst of the fire.

Revelation 8:5

and the messenger took the censer, and did fill it out of the fire of the altar, and did cast it to the earth, and there came voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

Revelation 11:19

And opened was the sanctuary of God in the heaven, and there was seen the ark of His covenant in His sanctuary, and there did come lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.

Luke 17:24

for as the lightning that is lightening out of the one part under heaven, to the other part under heaven doth shine, so shall be also the Son of Man in his day;

Nahum 2:4

In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances are like torches, As lightnings they run.

Job 38:35

Dost thou send out lightnings, and they go And say unto thee, 'Behold us?'

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2 Samuel 22:15

And He sendeth forth arrows, And scattereth them; Lightning, and troubleth them;

Psalm 18:14

And He sendeth His arrows and scattereth them, And much lightning, and crusheth them.

Exodus 19:16

And it cometh to pass, on the third day, while it is morning, that there are voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud, on the mount, and the sound of a trumpet very strong; and all the people who are in the camp do tremble.

Revelation 4:5

and out of the throne proceed do lightnings, and thunders, and voices; and seven lamps of fire are burning before the throne, which are the Seven Spirits of God,

Exodus 20:18

And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off,

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Isaiah 30:30

And caused to be heard hath Jehovah The honour of His voice, And the coming down of His arm He doth shew with the raging of anger, And the flame of a consuming fire, Scattering, and inundation, and hailstone.

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