Deuteronomy 9:3

So know today [with confident assurance] that the Lord your God is crossing [the Jordan] before you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them and He will subdue them before you, and you shall drive them out and destroy them quickly, just as the Lord has promised you.

Deuteronomy 4:24

For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; He is a jealous (impassioned) God [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely His].

Joshua 3:11

Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over ahead of you [leading the way] into the Jordan.

Hebrews 12:29

for our God is [indeed] a consuming fire.

Exodus 23:29-31

I will not drive them out before you in a single year, so that the land does not become desolate [due to lack of attention] and the [wild] animals of the field do not become too numerous for you.

Deuteronomy 7:23-24

But the Lord your God will hand them over to you, and will confuse them with a great panic until they are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 1:30

The Lord your God who goes before you will fight for you Himself, just as He did for you in Egypt before your [very] eyes,

Deuteronomy 7:1-2

“When the Lord your God brings you into the land which you are entering to possess, and has cleared away many nations before you, the Hittite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than you,

Deuteronomy 7:16

And you shall consume all the peoples whom the Lord your God will give over to you; your eye shall not pity them, nor shall you serve their gods, for that would be a [deadly] trap to you.

Deuteronomy 9:6

“Know [without any doubt], that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked (stubborn, obstinate) people.

Deuteronomy 20:4

for the Lord your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.’

Deuteronomy 31:3-6

It is the Lord your God who will cross ahead of you; He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua is the one who will go across before you [to lead you], just as the Lord has said.

Joshua 3:14

So when the people set out from their tents to cross over the Jordan with the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant before the people,

Isaiah 27:4


“I have no wrath.
Should anyone give Me briars and thorns in battle,
I would step on them, I would set them all on fire.

Isaiah 30:27


Now look, the name of the Lord comes from far away,
Burning with His anger, and heavy with smoke;
His lips are full of indignation,
And His tongue is like a consuming fire.

Isaiah 30:30


And the Lord will make His majestic voice heard,
And show the descending of His arm [striking] in [His] fierce anger,
And in the flame of a devouring fire,
In the crashing sound of heavy rain, cloudburst, and hailstones.

Isaiah 30:33


For Topheth [in Hinnom] has long been ready;
Indeed, it has been prepared for the [Assyrian] king.
He has made it deep and wide,
A pit of fire with plenty of wood;
The breath of the Lord, like a river of brimstone (blazing sulfur), kindles and fans it.

Isaiah 33:14


The sinners in Zion are terrified;
Trembling has seized the godless.
[They cry] “Who among us can live with the consuming fire?
Who among us can live with everlasting burning?”

Isaiah 41:10-16


‘Do not fear [anything], for I am with you;
Do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, be assured I will help you;
I will certainly take hold of you with My righteous right hand [a hand of justice, of power, of victory, of salvation].’

Micah 2:13


“The breaker [the Messiah, who opens the way] shall go up before them [liberating them].
They will break out, pass through the gate and go out;
So their King goes on before them,
The Lord at their head.”

Nahum 1:5-6


The mountains quake before Him
And the hills melt away;
Indeed the earth is shaken by His presence—
Yes, the world and all that dwell in it.

Matthew 15:10

After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said, “Listen and understand this:

Mark 7:14

After He called the people to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen [carefully] to Me, all of you, [hear] and understand [what I am saying]:

Romans 8:31

What then shall we say to all these things? If God is for us, who can be [successful] against us?

Ephesians 5:17

Therefore do not be foolish and thoughtless, but understand and firmly grasp what the will of the Lord is.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

dealing out [full and complete] vengeance to those who do not [seek to] know God and to those who ignore and refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus [by choosing not to respond to Him].

Revelation 19:11-16

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who was riding it is called Faithful and True (trustworthy, loyal, incorruptible, steady), and in righteousness He judges and wages war [on the rebellious nations].

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.

General references

Bible References

Understand

Deuteronomy 9:6
“Know [without any doubt], that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked (stubborn, obstinate) people.
Matthew 15:10
After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said, “Listen and understand this:
Mark 7:14
After He called the people to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen [carefully] to Me, all of you, [hear] and understand [what I am saying]:
Ephesians 5:17
Therefore do not be foolish and thoughtless, but understand and firmly grasp what the will of the Lord is.

Goeth over

Deuteronomy 1:30
The Lord your God who goes before you will fight for you Himself, just as He did for you in Egypt before your [very] eyes,
Deuteronomy 20:4
for the Lord your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.’
Deuteronomy 31:3
It is the Lord your God who will cross ahead of you; He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua is the one who will go across before you [to lead you], just as the Lord has said.
Joshua 3:11
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over ahead of you [leading the way] into the Jordan.
Micah 2:13

“The breaker [the Messiah, who opens the way] shall go up before them [liberating them].
They will break out, pass through the gate and go out;
So their King goes on before them,
The Lord at their head.”
Revelation 19:11
And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who was riding it is called Faithful and True (trustworthy, loyal, incorruptible, steady), and in righteousness He judges and wages war [on the rebellious nations].

A consuming fire

Deuteronomy 4:24
For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; He is a jealous (impassioned) God [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely His].
Isaiah 27:4

“I have no wrath.
Should anyone give Me briars and thorns in battle,
I would step on them, I would set them all on fire.
Isaiah 30:27

Now look, the name of the Lord comes from far away,
Burning with His anger, and heavy with smoke;
His lips are full of indignation,
And His tongue is like a consuming fire.
Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are terrified;
Trembling has seized the godless.
[They cry] “Who among us can live with the consuming fire?
Who among us can live with everlasting burning?”
Nahum 1:5

The mountains quake before Him
And the hills melt away;
Indeed the earth is shaken by His presence—
Yes, the world and all that dwell in it.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
dealing out [full and complete] vengeance to those who do not [seek to] know God and to those who ignore and refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus [by choosing not to respond to Him].
Hebrews 12:29
for our God is [indeed] a consuming fire.

He shall

Deuteronomy 7:1
“When the Lord your God brings you into the land which you are entering to possess, and has cleared away many nations before you, the Hittite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than you,
Exodus 23:29
I will not drive them out before you in a single year, so that the land does not become desolate [due to lack of attention] and the [wild] animals of the field do not become too numerous for you.
Isaiah 41:10

‘Do not fear [anything], for I am with you;
Do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, be assured I will help you;
I will certainly take hold of you with My righteous right hand [a hand of justice, of power, of victory, of salvation].’
Romans 8:31
What then shall we say to all these things? If God is for us, who can be [successful] against us?

General references

Hebrews 12:29
for our God is [indeed] a consuming fire.