Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

Bible References

Is a jealous

Deuteronomy 4:24
For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.
Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
Amos 3:2
"I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins."
1 Corinthians 10:22
Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

Lest

Deuteronomy 7:4
for they will turn your sons away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will erupt against you and he will quickly destroy you.
Deuteronomy 11:17
Then the anger of the Lord will erupt against you and he will close up the sky so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed from the good land that the Lord is about to give you.
Numbers 32:10
So the anger of the Lord was kindled that day, and he swore,
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked God's messengers, despised his warnings, and ridiculed his prophets. Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment.
Psalm 90:7
Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.

Destroy

Genesis 7:4
For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made."
Exodus 32:12
Why should the Egyptians say, 'For evil he led them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth'? Turn from your burning anger, and relent of this evil against your people.
1 Kings 13:34
This sin caused Jeroboam's dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.
Amos 9:8
Look, the sovereign Lord is watching the sinful nation, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. But I will not completely destroy the family of Jacob," says the Lord.

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