Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

General references

Bible References

How long

Psalm 13:1
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, how long will You forget me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Psalm 74:1
A Maskil of Asaph.Why have You rejected us forever, God?
Why does Your anger burn
against the sheep of Your pasture?
Psalm 80:4
Lord God of Hosts,
how long will You be angry
with Your people’s prayers?
Psalm 89:46
How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?
Revelation 6:10
They cried out with a loud voice: “Lord, the One who is holy and true, how long until You judge and avenge our blood from those who live on the earth?”

Wilt

Psalm 85:5
Will You be angry with us forever?
Will You prolong Your anger for all generations?
Psalm 103:9
He will not always accuse us
or be angry forever.
Isaiah 64:9
Lord, do not be terribly angry
or remember our iniquity forever.
Please look—all of us are Your people!
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You,
removing iniquity and passing over rebellion
for the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not hold on to His anger forever,
because He delights in faithful love.

Jealousy

Deuteronomy 29:20
The Lord will not be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that person, and every curse written in this scroll will descend on him. The Lord will blot out his name under heaven,
Deuteronomy 32:16
They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods;
they enraged Him with detestable practices.
Ezekiel 36:5
“This is what the Lord God says: Certainly in My burning zeal I speak against the rest of the nations and all of Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted rejoicing and utter contempt so that its pastureland became plunder.
Zephaniah 1:18
Their silver and their gold
will not be able to rescue them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.
The whole earth will be consumed
by the fire of His jealousy.
For He will make a complete,
yes, a horrifying end
of all the inhabitants of the earth.
Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore, wait for Me
this is the Lord’s declaration—
until the day I rise up for plunder.
For My decision is to gather nations,
to assemble kingdoms,
in order to pour out My indignation on them,
all My burning anger;
for the whole earth will be consumed
by the fire of My jealousy.

General references

Psalm 74:10
God, how long will the enemy mock?
Will the foe insult Your name forever?
Isaiah 64:12
Lord, after all this, will You restrain Yourself?
Will You keep silent and afflict severely?

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