7 Bible Verses about Arson
Most Relevant Verses
His parents did not know Jehovah was leading Samson to do this. Jehovah was looking for an opportunity to fight the Philistines. At this time the Philistines were ruling Israel. Samson went to Timnah with his father and mother. When they traveled through the vineyards he heard a young lion roaring.
A fire starts and spreads into the underbrush so that it burns up stacked or standing grain or ruins a field. The person who started the fire must make up for the loss.
The men of Ephraim were ready for battle. They crossed the Jordan River to Zaphon and said to Jephthah: Why did you cross the border to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We are going to burn the house down over your head!
Finally, Absalom told his servants: Joab's barley field is next to mine. Set it on fire! So they set it on fire.
They have burned your sanctuary to the ground. They have profaned the dwelling-place of your name. They said in their hearts: We will destroy them completely. They burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
The Danites went on their way. Micah saw that they were too strong for him, so he went back home. They took the things Micah made and the priest who belonged to him and attacked Laish. Laish was a town of peaceful, quiet people in the same valley as Bethrehob. They killed the inhabitants and burned the town.
Then he set fire to the torches and turned the foxes loose in the Philistine wheat fields. In this way he burned up both the shocks and the standing grain still in the fields. The olive orchards were also burned.
From Thematic Bible
Arson » Instances of » By zimri
Zimri saw that the city had fallen. So he went into the palace's inner fortress and set the palace on fire. He died in the flames.
Arson » Instances of » By absalom
Finally, Absalom told his servants: Joab's barley field is next to mine. Set it on fire! So they set it on fire.
Arson » Instances of » By samson
He caught three hundred foxes. Two at a time, he tied their tails together and put torches in the knots. Then he set fire to the torches and turned the foxes loose in the Philistine wheat fields. In this way he burned up both the shocks and the standing grain still in the fields. The olive orchards were also burned.
Arson » Law concerning
A fire starts and spreads into the underbrush so that it burns up stacked or standing grain or ruins a field. The person who started the fire must make up for the loss.