5 Bible Verses about Anger Of God, Causes

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Numbers 32:10-15

So the Lord’s anger burned that day, and He swore an oath: ‘Because they did not follow Me completely, none of the men 20 years old or more who came up from Egypt will see the land I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob— none except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, because they did follow the Lord completely.’ read more.
The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness 40 years until the whole generation that had done what was evil in the Lord’s sight was gone. And here you, a brood of sinners, stand in your fathers’ place adding even more to the Lord’s burning anger against Israel. If you turn back from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will destroy all of them.”

Psalm 78:21-22

Therefore, the Lord heard and became furious;
then fire broke out against Jacob,
and anger flared up against Israel
because they did not believe God
or rely on His salvation.

2 Samuel 6:7

Then the Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him dead on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there next to the ark of God.

Joshua 7:1

The Israelites, however, were unfaithful regarding the things set apart for destruction. Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart, and the Lord’s anger burned against the Israelites.

Judges 2:11-14

The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. They worshiped the Baals and abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of Egypt. They went after other gods from the surrounding peoples and bowed down to them. They infuriated the Lord, for they abandoned Him and worshiped Baal and the Ashtoreths. read more.
The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He handed them over to marauders who raided them. He sold them to the enemies around them, and they could no longer resist their enemies.

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