45 Bible Verses about Fire

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Genesis 19:24

Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire, from Jehovah out of the heavens.

Genesis 22:7

And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, My father. And he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood. But where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

Exodus 3:2

And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire, out of the midst of a thorn bush. And he looked. And behold! The thorn bush burned with fire! And the thorn bush was not burned up.

Exodus 9:24

And there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

Exodus 19:8

And all the people answered together and said, All that Jehovah has spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people to Jehovah.

Exodus 39:20

And they made two golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the front of it, near the other coupling of it, above to the band of the ephod.

Leviticus 9:24

And there came a fire out from before Jehovah, and burned up the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. And all the people saw and shouted and fell on their faces.

Leviticus 10:1

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and offered strange fire before Jehovah, which He had not commanded them.

Numbers 11:1

And the people were evil, as those complaining in the ears of Jehovah. And Jehovah heard, and His anger was kindled. And the fire of Jehovah burned among them and devoured in the outermost parts of the camp.

Numbers 16:35

And there came out a fire from Jehovah and burned up the two hundred and fifty men who offered incense.

Joshua 6:24

And they burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only the silver and the gold, and the vessels of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Jehovah.

Joshua 7:15

And it shall be, he who is taken with the cursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all he has, because he has broken the covenant of Jehovah, and because he has done wickedness in Israel.

Judges 15:5

And he set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burned up both the shocks and also the standing grain, with the vineyards and olives.

1 Kings 18:38

And the fire of Jehovah fell and burned up the burnt sacrifice and the wood, and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

1 Kings 19:12

And after the earthquake was a fire, but Jehovah was not in the fire. And after the fire was a still, small voice.

2 Kings 1:7-11

And he said to them, What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words? And they answered him, He was a hairy man and was bound with a girdle of leather around his loins. And he said, He is Elijah the Tishbite. And he sent to him a commander of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him. And, behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, Man of God! The king has said, Come down.read more.
And Elijah answered and said to the commander of fifty, If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from the heavens and burn up you and your fifty. And there came down fire from the heavens and burned up him and his fifty. And he turned and he sent to him another commander of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said to him, Man of God! So says the king, Come down quickly.

2 Kings 2:11

And it happened as they went on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire came, and they separated between them both. And Elijah went up in a tempest into Heaven.

2 Kings 6:17

And Elisha prayed and said, I pray You, Jehovah, open his eyes so that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

2 Kings 21:6

And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times and used fortune-tellers. And he dealt with familiar spirits and wizards. He worked much wickedness in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger.

Daniel 3:25

He answered and said, Behold! I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and there is no harm among them. And the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods.

John 18:18

And the servants and officers who had made a fire of coals stood there, for it was cold. And they warmed themselves. And Peter stood with them and warmed himself.

Acts 28:5

Then indeed he shook off the creature into the fire, suffering no harm.

1 Corinthians 3:13

each one's work shall be revealed. For the Day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try each one's work as to what kind it is.

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Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Fire » Searching

Zephaniah 1:12

And it shall be in that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men who are settled on their lees; who say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, nor will He do evil.

Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Fire » Illuminating

Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Fire » Purifying

Malachi 3:2-3

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who shall stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap. And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may be offerers of a food offering in righteousness to Jehovah.

Isaiah 4:4

when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

Fire » As an instrument of divine judgment

Numbers 11:1

And the people were evil, as those complaining in the ears of Jehovah. And Jehovah heard, and His anger was kindled. And the fire of Jehovah burned among them and devoured in the outermost parts of the camp.

Numbers 16:35

And there came out a fire from Jehovah and burned up the two hundred and fifty men who offered incense.

Leviticus 10:2

And there went out fire from Jehovah and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah.

Genesis 19:24

Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire, from Jehovah out of the heavens.

More verses: 2 Peter 3:10 2 Kings 1:10

Fire » As a symbol of the divine presence and power

Acts 7:30

And forty years being fulfilled to him, the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai in a flame of fire in a bush.

Isaiah 66:15

For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and with His chariots like a tempest, to refresh His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire.

Deuteronomy 4:36

He made you hear His voice out of Heaven so that He might teach you. And He showed you His great fire upon earth. And you heard His words out of the midst of the fire.

1 Kings 19:12

And after the earthquake was a fire, but Jehovah was not in the fire. And after the fire was a still, small voice.

Fire » As a purifier

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

1 Corinthians 3:13

each one's work shall be revealed. For the Day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try each one's work as to what kind it is.

Ezekiel 22:20

As they gather silver, and bronze, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the middle of the furnace, to blow the fire on it to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you.

Numbers 31:23

everything that can stand the fire, you shall make go through the fire, and it shall be clean. Only it shall be purified with the water of separation. And all that cannot stand the fire you shall make go through the water.

More verses: Malachi 3:2

Fire » Figurative » Judgments

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire is kindled in My anger, and shall burn to the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with its increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Amos 1:4

But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Amos 1:12

But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

Luke 12:49

I have come to send fire on the earth. And what will I do if it is already kindled?

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are afraid; terror has surprised profane ones. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

Fire » Answers by

Leviticus 9:24

And there came a fire out from before Jehovah, and burned up the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. And all the people saw and shouted and fell on their faces.

1 Kings 18:38

And the fire of Jehovah fell and burned up the burnt sacrifice and the wood, and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

1 Chronicles 21:26

And David built an altar there to Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on Jehovah. And He answered him from Heaven by fire on the altar of burnt offering.

2 Chronicles 7:1

And when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from Heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices. And the glory of Jehovah filled the house.

Fire » Illustrative of » Judgments

Jeremiah 48:45

Those who fled stood powerless in the shadow of Heshbon, for a fire shall come out from Heshbon, and a flame out of the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab and the crown of the head of the sons of desolation.

Lamentations 1:13

From above He has sent fire into my bones and it has laid them low. He has spread a net for my feet; He has turned me back; He has made me amazed and faint all the day.

Ezekiel 39:6

And I will send a fire on Magog, and on the secure inhabitants of the coasts. And they shall know that I am Jehovah.

Fire » Characterized as » Purifying

Numbers 31:23

everything that can stand the fire, you shall make go through the fire, and it shall be clean. Only it shall be purified with the water of separation. And all that cannot stand the fire you shall make go through the water.

Fire » Figurative » Of the destruction of the wicked

Mark 9:44

where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.

Matthew 13:50

and shall cast them into the furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

More verses: Revelation 9:2

Fire » Pillar of fire

Exodus 14:19

And the Angel of God, the one who went before the camp of Israel, moved. And he went to the rear of them. And the pillar of the cloud went from in front of their face and it stood behind them.

Exodus 14:24

And in the morning watch it happened that Jehovah looked to the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the army of the Egyptians.

Exodus 40:38

For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, in all their journeys.

Exodus 13:21-22

And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the right away, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, to go by day and night. He did not take away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

Numbers 9:15-23

And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the tent of the testimony. And at evening it was upon the tabernacle, looking like fire, until the morning. So it was always. The cloud covered it, and it looked like fire by night. And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the sons of Israel pulled up stakes. And in the place where the cloud stayed, there the sons of Israel pitched their tents. read more.
At the command of Jehovah the sons of Israel pulled up stakes, and at the command of Jehovah they pitched. As long as the cloud stayed upon the tabernacle they rested in camp. And when the cloud stayed long upon the tabernacle many days, then the sons of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah and did not journey. And so when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle, according to the command of Jehovah they remained in their tents, and according to the command of Jehovah they pulled up stakes. And so when the cloud stayed from evening to the morning, and the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they pulled up stakes. Whether by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they pulled up stakes. Whether it was two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud stayed upon the tabernacle, remaining on it, the sons of Israel stayed in their tents and did not journey. But when it was taken up, they pulled up stakes. At the command of Jehovah they encamped, and at the command of Jehovah they pulled up stakes. They kept the charge of Jehovah at the command of Jehovah by the hand of Moses.

Fire » Torture by

Ezekiel 23:25

And I will set My jealousy against you, and they shall deal with you in fury. They shall take away your nose and your ears, and the rest of you shall fall by the sword. They shall take away your sons and your daughters, and the rest of you shall be devoured by the fire.

Leviticus 21:9

And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by going whoring, she profanes her father. She shall be burned with fire.

Jeremiah 29:22

And a curse shall be taken up from them by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, May Jehovah make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,

Ezekiel 23:47

And the company shall stone them with stones, and cut them down with their swords. They shall kill their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.

Fire » Frequently employed as an instrument of divine vengeance

Psalm 97:3

A fire goes before Him and burns up His enemies round about.

Isaiah 47:14

Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; there shall not be a coal to warm them; nor fire, to sit before it.

Isaiah 66:16

For by fire and by His sword Jehovah will execute judgment with all flesh; and the slain of Jehovah will be many.

Fire » Figurative » Spiritual power

Luke 3:16

John answered all, saying, I indeed baptize you with water, but He who is mightier than I comes, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to loose. He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

Jeremiah 20:9

Then I said, I will not mention Him, nor speak in His name any more. But His Word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with holding in, and I could not stop.

Fire » Miraculous » On mount sinai at giving of law

Deuteronomy 4:36

He made you hear His voice out of Heaven so that He might teach you. And He showed you His great fire upon earth. And you heard His words out of the midst of the fire.

Deuteronomy 4:11

And you came near and stood under the mountain. And the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

Fire » Figurative » Everlasting fire

Matthew 18:8

And if your hand or your foot causes you to offend, cut them off and throw them from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

Mark 9:44

where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are afraid; terror has surprised profane ones. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

Fire » Things connected with » Flame

Isaiah 66:15

For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and with His chariots like a tempest, to refresh His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire.

Song of Songs 8:6

Set me as a seal on Your heart, as a seal on Your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is cruel as the grave; its flames are flames of fire, a flame of Jehovah.

Fire » Christ shall appear in

Daniel 7:10

A stream of fire went out and came out from before Him. A thousand thousands served Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The judgment was set, and the books were opened.

Fire » Illustrative of » God's vengeance

Fire » Sacred » Incense burned with

Leviticus 16:12

And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and his hands full of fragrant perfumes beaten small, and bring it within the veil.

Numbers 16:46

And Moses said to Aaron, Take a fire-pan, and put fire in it from the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly to the congregation and make an atonement for them. For wrath has gone out from Jehovah. The plague has begun.

Fire » Illustrative of » The word of God

Jeremiah 23:29

Is not My Word like a fire? says Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

Jeremiah 5:14

Therefore so says Jehovah, the God of Hosts, Because you spoke this word, behold, I will make My Words in your mouth fire, and these people wood, and it shall devour them.

Fire » Sacred » All burnt offerings consumed by

Leviticus 6:9

Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering. It is the burnt offering for burning on the altar all night to the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.

Leviticus 6:12

And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it. And he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.

Fire » Punishment of the wicked shall be in

Fire » Illustrative of » God's protection

Numbers 9:16

So it was always. The cloud covered it, and it looked like fire by night.

Fire » Illustrative of » God's enemies

Obadiah 1:18

And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame. And the house of Esau shall be for stubble. And they shall kindle in them and burn them up. And no survivor shall be to the house of Esau; for Jehovah has spoken it.

Isaiah 10:17

And the light of Israel shall be as a fire, and His Holy One as a flame; and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.

Fire » Miraculous » Led the people of israel in the desert

Exodus 13:22

He did not take away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

Exodus 40:38

For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, in all their journeys.

Fire » Miraculous » Destroyed the enemies of elijah

2 Kings 1:10

And Elijah answered and said to the commander of fifty, If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from the heavens and burn up you and your fifty. And there came down fire from the heavens and burned up him and his fifty.

2 Kings 1:12

And Elijah answered and said to him, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the heavens and burn up you and your fifty. And the fire of God came down from the heavens and burned up him and his fifty.

Fire » Kept alive by fuel

Proverbs 26:20

Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no talebearer, the fighting ceases.

Isaiah 9:5

For every boot of the warrior is with commotion, and the coat rolled in blood shall be burning fuel for the fire.

Fire » Things connected with » Ashes

2 Peter 2:6

And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, He condemned them with an overthrow, setting an example to men intending to live ungodly.

1 Kings 13:3

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which Jehovah has spoken. Behold, the altar shall be torn apart, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.

Fire » Characterized as » Enlightening

Psalm 105:39

He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light in the night.

Fire » Illustrative of » Zeal of saints

Psalm 119:139

My zeal has eaten me up, because my enemies have forgotten Your Words.

Psalm 39:3

My heart was hot within me; while I was musing, the fire burned; I spoke with my tongue:

Fire » Illustrative of » Christ as judge

Malachi 3:2

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who shall stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap.

Isaiah 10:17

And the light of Israel shall be as a fire, and His Holy One as a flame; and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.

Fire » Illustrative of » The tongue

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.

Fire » Illustrative of » Zeal of angels

Hebrews 1:7

And of the angels He says, "Who makes His angels spirits and His ministers a flame of fire."

Fire » Can be increased in intensity

Daniel 3:19

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and the form of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He spoke and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

Daniel 3:22

Then because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Fire » God appeared in

Exodus 3:2

And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire, out of the midst of a thorn bush. And he looked. And behold! The thorn bush burned with fire! And the thorn bush was not burned up.

Exodus 19:18

And Mount Sinai was smoking, all of it, because Jehovah came down upon it in fire. And the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.

Fire » Things connected with » Smoke

Isaiah 34:10

It shall not be put out night or day; its smoke shall go up forever. From generation to generation it shall lie waste; none passes through it forever and forever.

Fire » Characterized as » Melting

Psalm 68:2

As smoke is driven away, You drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, let the wicked perish in the presence of God.

Isaiah 64:2

as the brushwood fire burns, the fire causes water to boil, to make Your name known to Your foes, that the nations may tremble at Your presence!

Fire » Things connected with » Sparks

Job 18:5

Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

Isaiah 1:31

And the strong shall be like tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall put them out.

Fire » Characterized as » Drying

Joel 1:20

The beasts of the field also cry to You; for the rivers of water are dried up, and the fire has burned up the pastures of the wilderness.

Job 15:30

He shall not escape from darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and at the breath of his mouth he shall turn away.

Fire » Illustrative of » The holy spirit

Isaiah 4:4

when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

Fire » Sacred » Restored to the temple

2 Chronicles 7:1-3

And when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from Heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices. And the glory of Jehovah filled the house. And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah because the glory of Jehovah had filled Jehovah's house. And when all the sons of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah on the house, they bowed their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped and praised Jehovah, saying, For He is good, for His mercy endures forever.

Fire » Illustrative of » Lust

Proverbs 6:27-28

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

Fire » Children caused to pass through

2 Kings 17:17

And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire. And they used divination and incantations, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger.

2 Kings 16:3

But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel. Yes, and he made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out from before the sons of Israel.

Fire » Things connected with » Burning coals

Proverbs 26:21

As coals to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man to kindle fighting.

Fire » Characterized as » Insatiable

Fire » Miraculous » Destroyed nadab and abihu

Leviticus 10:2

And there went out fire from Jehovah and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah.

Fire » Miraculous » Plagued the egyptians

Exodus 9:23-24

And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heavens. And Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and the fire came down to the ground. And Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt. And there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

Fire » In houses » Lighted in the winter

Jeremiah 36:22

And the king sat in the winter house in the ninth month; also with the burning fire-pan before him.

Fire » Sacred » Guilt of burning incense without

Leviticus 10:1

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and offered strange fire before Jehovah, which He had not commanded them.

Fire » Sacred » Always burning on the altar

Leviticus 6:13

The fire shall always be burning on the altar. It shall never go out.

Fire » Sacred » Came from before the lord

Leviticus 9:24

And there came a fire out from before Jehovah, and burned up the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. And all the people saw and shouted and fell on their faces.

Fire » Characterized as » Consuming

Judges 15:4-5

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes and took fire brands, and turned tail to tail, and put a fire brand in the middle between two tails. And he set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burned up both the shocks and also the standing grain, with the vineyards and olives.

Fire » Illustrative of » Persecution

Luke 12:49-53

I have come to send fire on the earth. And what will I do if it is already kindled? But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am pressed down until it is accomplished! Do you suppose that I have come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division. read more.
For from now on, there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

Fire » Miraculous » Consumed the sacrifice of elijah

1 Kings 18:38

And the fire of Jehovah fell and burned up the burnt sacrifice and the wood, and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

Fire » Miraculous » Consumed the company of korah

Numbers 16:35

And there came out a fire from Jehovah and burned up the two hundred and fifty men who offered incense.

Fire » Inward » Makes the message inevitable

Jeremiah 20:9

Then I said, I will not mention Him, nor speak in His name any more. But His Word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with holding in, and I could not stop.

Fire » Characterized as » Bright

Ezekiel 1:13

And the likeness of the living creatures: they looked like burning coals of fire; like the appearance of torches. It was continually circling among the living creatures. And the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

Fire » Illustrative of » The church destroying her enemies

Obadiah 1:18

And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame. And the house of Esau shall be for stubble. And they shall kindle in them and burn them up. And no survivor shall be to the house of Esau; for Jehovah has spoken it.

Fire » Illustrative of » The hope of hypocrites

Isaiah 50:11

Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who are surrounded with sparks; walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks which you have kindled. This you shall have of My hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.

Fire » Miraculous » Elijah taken up in a chariot of

2 Kings 2:11

And it happened as they went on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire came, and they separated between them both. And Elijah went up in a tempest into Heaven.

Fire » Miraculous » Destroyed the people at taberah

Numbers 11:1

And the people were evil, as those complaining in the ears of Jehovah. And Jehovah heard, and His anger was kindled. And the fire of Jehovah burned among them and devoured in the outermost parts of the camp.

Fire » Miraculous » Angel ascended in

Judges 13:20

For it happened when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, the Angel of Jehovah went up in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it and fell on their faces to the ground.

Fire » Illustrative of » Wickedness

Isaiah 9:18

For wickedness burns like the fire; it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall roll upwards like the lifting up of smoke.

Fire » Illustrative of » The self-righteous

Isaiah 65:5

who say, Keep to yourself, do not come near me; for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in My nose, a fire that burns all the day.

Fire » Illustrative of » Affliction

Fire » Miraculous » Consumed the sacrifice of gideon

Judges 6:21

Then the Angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in His hand and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And there rose up fire out of the rock and burned up the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the Angel of Jehovah went away out of his sight.

Fire » In houses » Not to be lighted on the sabbath

Exodus 35:3

You shall kindle no fire throughout your living places upon the Sabbath day.

Fire » Injury from, to be made good by the person who kindled it

Exodus 22:6

If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that the stacks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field, is burned up, he who kindled the fire shall surely repay in full.

Fire » Characterized as » Heating

Mark 14:54

And Peter followed Him from a distance to the inside of the court of the high priest. And he sat with the servants and warmed himself at the fire.

Fire » Miraculous » In the burning bush

Exodus 3:2

And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire, out of the midst of a thorn bush. And he looked. And behold! The thorn bush burned with fire! And the thorn bush was not burned up.

Fire » In houses » Lighted in spring mornings

John 18:18

And the servants and officers who had made a fire of coals stood there, for it was cold. And they warmed themselves. And Peter stood with them and warmed himself.

Fire » In houses » Made of charcoal

John 18:18

And the servants and officers who had made a fire of coals stood there, for it was cold. And they warmed themselves. And Peter stood with them and warmed himself.

Fire » Inward » Divine fellowship lights

Luke 24:32

And they said to one another, Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us by the way and while He opened the Scriptures to us?

Fire » Inward » Christ came to ignite

Luke 12:49

I have come to send fire on the earth. And what will I do if it is already kindled?

Fire » Inward » Kindled by meditation

Psalm 39:3

My heart was hot within me; while I was musing, the fire burned; I spoke with my tongue:

Fire » The captains of fifties

2 Kings 1:9-12

And he sent to him a commander of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him. And, behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, Man of God! The king has said, Come down. And Elijah answered and said to the commander of fifty, If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from the heavens and burn up you and your fifty. And there came down fire from the heavens and burned up him and his fifty. And he turned and he sent to him another commander of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said to him, Man of God! So says the king, Come down quickly. read more.
And Elijah answered and said to him, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the heavens and burn up you and your fifty. And the fire of God came down from the heavens and burned up him and his fifty.

Fire » Miracles connected with » Elijah's sacrifice

1 Kings 18:38

And the fire of Jehovah fell and burned up the burnt sacrifice and the wood, and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

Fire » Miracles connected with » David's sacrifice

1 Chronicles 21:26

And David built an altar there to Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on Jehovah. And He answered him from Heaven by fire on the altar of burnt offering.

Fire » Characterized as » Spreading

Fire » Figurative » Of inspiration

Isaiah 6:6-7

Then one of the seraphs flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, snatched with tongs from the altar. And he laid it on my mouth and said, Lo, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged.

Fire » In houses » Made of wood

Acts 28:3

And Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laying them on the fire, a viper came out of the heat and fastened on his hand.

Fire » Though small, kindles a great matter

Fire » Miracles connected with » Miraculously descends upon, and consumes, abraham's sacrifice

Genesis 15:17

And it happened, the sun went down, and it was dark and behold, a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp passed between those pieces.

Fire » A symbol » Of God's presence

Genesis 15:17

And it happened, the sun went down, and it was dark and behold, a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp passed between those pieces.

Fire » A symbol » On sinai

Exodus 19:18

And Mount Sinai was smoking, all of it, because Jehovah came down upon it in fire. And the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.

Fire » Consumes the conspirators with korah, dathan, and abiram

Numbers 16:35

And there came out a fire from Jehovah and burned up the two hundred and fifty men who offered incense.

Fire » At elijah's translation

2 Kings 2:11

And it happened as they went on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire came, and they separated between them both. And Elijah went up in a tempest into Heaven.

Fire » Miracles connected with » Solomon's sacrifice, at dedication of the temple

2 Chronicles 7:1

And when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from Heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices. And the glory of Jehovah filled the house.

Fire » Display of, in the plagues of egypt

Exodus 9:24

And there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

Fire » Used as a signal in war

Jeremiah 6:1

O sons of Benjamin, take refuge out of the midst of Jerusalem. And blow the ram's horn in Tekoa, and set up a signal-fire over Beth-haccerem; for evil appears out of the north, and great ruin.

Fire » A symbol » Tongues of, on the apostles

Fire » A symbol » In the burning bush

Exodus 3:2

And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire, out of the midst of a thorn bush. And he looked. And behold! The thorn bush burned with fire! And the thorn bush was not burned up.

Fire » Furnaces of

Daniel 3:6

And whoever does not fall down and worship, at that moment they will be thrown into the middle of a burning fiery furnace.

Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Fire

Trees » Often suffered from » Fire

Joel 1:19

O Jehovah, to You will I cry; for the fire has burned up the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

Topics on Fire

Answers By Fire

Leviticus 9:24

And there came a fire out from before Jehovah, and burned up the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. And all the people saw and shouted and fell on their faces.

Earth On Fire

2 Peter 3:11-12

Then, all these things being about to be dissolved, what sort ought you to be in holy behavior and godliness,

Fire Emanating From God

2 Samuel 22:9

Smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.

Fire From God's Servants

Genesis 3:24

And He drove out the man. And He placed cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Fire From Heaven

Exodus 9:23

And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heavens. And Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and the fire came down to the ground. And Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

Fire Of Christ

Revelation 2:18

And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: The Son of God, He who has His eyes like a flame of fire and His feet like burnished metal, says these things:

Fire Of God's Anger

Jeremiah 4:4

Circumcise yourselves to Jehovah, and take away the foreskins of your heart, men of Judah and people of Jerusalem; lest My fury come forth like fire, and burn so that none can put it out; because of the evil of your doings.

Fire Of God's Word

Jeremiah 20:9

Then I said, I will not mention Him, nor speak in His name any more. But His Word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with holding in, and I could not stop.

Fire Of Hell

Matthew 13:50

and shall cast them into the furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Fire Of Judgement

Isaiah 66:16

For by fire and by His sword Jehovah will execute judgment with all flesh; and the slain of Jehovah will be many.

Fire Of The Spirit

Revelation 4:5

And out of the throne came lightnings and thunderings and voices. And seven lamps of fire were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.

God Appearing In Fire

Exodus 3:2-3

And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire, out of the midst of a thorn bush. And he looked. And behold! The thorn bush burned with fire! And the thorn bush was not burned up.

Inward Fire

Psalm 39:3

My heart was hot within me; while I was musing, the fire burned; I spoke with my tongue:

The Holy Spirit Described As Fire

Acts 2:3-4

And tongues as of fire appeared to them, being distributed; and it sat upon each of them.

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