Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

General references

Bible References

Slow

Exodus 34:6
Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed:

Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth,
Nehemiah 9:17
They refused to listen
and did not remember Your wonders
You performed among them.
They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader
to return to their slavery in Egypt.
But You are a forgiving God,
gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love,
and You did not abandon them.
Psalm 103:8
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love.
Psalm 145:8
The Lord is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and great in faithful love.
Joel 2:13
Tear your hearts,
not just your clothes,
and return to the Lord your God.
For He is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger, rich in faithful love,
and He relents from sending disaster.
Jonah 4:2
He prayed to the Lord: “Please, Lord, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled toward Tarshish in the first place. I knew that You are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to become angry, rich in faithful love, and One who relents from sending disaster.
James 1:19
My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

And will

Numbers 14:18
The Lord is slow to anger and rich in faithful love, forgiving wrongdoing and rebellion. But He will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ wrongdoing on the children to the third and fourth generation.
Job 10:14
if I sin, You would notice,
and would not acquit me of my wrongdoing.

His way

Exodus 19:16
On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a loud trumpet sound, so that all the people in the camp shuddered.
Deuteronomy 5:22
“The Lord spoke these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly from the fire, cloud, and thick darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
1 Kings 19:11
Then He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the Lord’s presence.”

At that moment, the Lord passed by. A great and mighty wind was tearing at the mountains and was shattering cliffs before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
Job 38:1
Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind. He said:
Psalm 18:7
Then the earth shook and quaked;
the foundations of the mountains trembled;
they shook because He burned with anger.
Psalm 50:3
Our God is coming; He will not be silent!
Devouring fire precedes Him,
and a storm rages around Him.
Psalm 97:2
Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
Psalm 104:3
laying the beams of His palace
on the waters above,
making the clouds His chariot,
walking on the wings of the wind,
Isaiah 19:1
An oracle against Egypt:

Look, the Lord rides on a swift cloud
and is coming to Egypt.
Egypt’s idols will tremble before Him,
and Egypt’s heart will melt within it.
Isaiah 66:15
Look, the Lord will come with fire
His chariots are like the whirlwind
to execute His anger with fury
and His rebuke with flames of fire.
Daniel 7:13
I continued watching in the night visions,

and I saw One like a son of man
coming with the clouds of heaven.
He approached the Ancient of Days
and was escorted before Him.
Habakkuk 3:5
Plague goes before Him,
and pestilence follows in His steps.
Zechariah 9:14
Then the Lord will appear over them,
and His arrow will fly like lightning.
The Lord God will sound the trumpet
and advance with the southern storms.
Matthew 26:64
“You have said it,” Jesus told him. “But I tell you, in the future you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
Revelation 1:7
Look! He is coming with the clouds,
and every eye will see Him,
including those who pierced Him.
And all the families of the earth
will mourn over Him.
This is certain. Amen.

General references

Job 38:1
Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind. He said:
Jeremiah 23:19
Look, a storm from the Lord!
Wrath has gone out,
a whirling storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.

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