Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

Bible References

Upon

Psalm 105:32

He gave them hail for rain,
With flaming fire in their land.
Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained down brimstone (flaming sulfur) and fire on Sodom and on Gomorrah from the Lord out of heaven,
Exodus 9:23
Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning (fireballs) ran down to the earth and along the ground. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.
Job 18:15

“Nothing of his dwells in his tent;
Brimstone (burning sulfur) is scattered over his dwelling [to purify it].
Job 20:23

“When he fills his belly,
God will send His fierce anger on him
And will rain it upon him while he is eating.
Isaiah 24:17

Terror and pit [of destruction] and snare
Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.
Ezekiel 13:13
Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath, and there will be in My anger an overwhelming rain and great hailstones to destroy [that wall] in wrath.
Ezekiel 38:22
With pestilence and with bloodshed I will enter into judgment with Gog; and I will rain on him torrents of rain with [great] hailstones, fire and brimstone on his hordes and on the many nations that are with him.
Luke 17:29
but on the [very] day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone (burning sulfur) from heaven and destroyed them all.

Portion

Psalm 16:5

The Lord is the portion of my inheritance, my cup [He is all I need];
You support my lot.
Genesis 43:34
Joseph selected and sent portions to them from his own table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So they feasted and drank freely and celebrated with him.
1 Samuel 1:4
When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions [of the sacrificial meat] to Peninnah his wife and all her sons and daughters.
1 Samuel 9:23
Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the [priests’] portion that I gave you, regarding which I told you, ‘Set it aside.’”
Job 27:13

“This [which I am about to explain] is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants and oppressors receive from the Almighty:

Their

Psalm 75:8

For a cup [of His wrath] is in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foams;
It is well mixed and fully spiced, and He pours out from it;
And all the wicked of the earth must drain it and drink down to its dregs.
Isaiah 51:17

Wake yourself up! Wake yourself up! Stand up, O Jerusalem,
You who have drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of His wrath,
You who have drunk the cup of staggering and intoxication to the dregs [leaving only sediment].
Jeremiah 25:15
For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to me, “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it.
Habakkuk 2:16

“You will be filled with disgrace instead of honor.
Now drink and expose your own nakedness!
The cup [of wrath] in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you [O destroyer],
And utter disgrace will be on your own glory.
John 18:11
So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword [back] in its sheath! Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?”

General references

Psalm 83:15

So pursue them with Your tempest
And terrify them with [the violence of] Your storm.
Isaiah 34:9

The streams [of Edom] will be turned into pitch,
And its dust into brimstone,
And its land will become burning pitch.
Jeremiah 48:43

“Terror and pit and snare are before you,
O inhabitant of Moab,” says the Lord.