11 occurrences in 13 translations

'Burn' in the Bible

"Why are you crying, sir?" Hazael asked. "Because I know the evil that you're about to bring on the Israelis," he replied. "You'll burn down their fortified cities, execute their young men with swords, dash to pieces their little ones, and you'll tear open their pregnant women!"

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofPregnancyGashing BodiesHarming Pregnant WomenKilling Will Happen

and bring out the standing-pillars of the house of Baal, and burn them,

Verse ConceptsObelisksBurning Idolatrous Things

except that the high places were not demolished, so the people continued to sacrifice and burn incense on the high places.

Verse ConceptsShrinesIncense Offered Amiss

except that the high places were not abolished. The people continued to offer sacrifices and to burn incense on the high places.

Verse ConceptsIncense Offered Amiss

But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.

Verse ConceptsIncense Offered Amiss

But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the Lord's temple.

Verse ConceptsSolomon's TempleGateways Of The TempleIncense Offered Amiss

And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire by.

Verse ConceptsSacrifice On The Bronze Altar

He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

Verse ConceptsAbolitionHigh PlacesLeaders, PoliticalReformationShrinesThe Bronze SnakeSnakesStonesDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisksAbandoning IdolsBronze For IdolsMemorabilia

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

Verse ConceptsConstellationsHigh PlacesMoonPriests, Institution In Ot TimesShrinesIncense Offered AmissIdolatrous Worship Of The Moon

Josiah also defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of Ben-hinnom (son of Hinnom), so that no man could make his son or his daughter pass through the fire [as a burnt offering] for Molech.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsChild sacrificeHuman SacrificesPolluting The Landdrums

and also the altar that is in Beth-El, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat made, by which he made Israel sin, both that altar and the high place he hath broken down, and doth burn the high place -- he hath beat it small to dust, and hath burnt the shrine.

Verse ConceptsGrindingAltars, Pagan

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Adore (5 instances)
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Burning (455 instances)
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Execute (153 instances)
Idolize (1 instance)
Incinerate (11 instances)
Inflame (4 instances)
Sting (11 instances)

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