12 occurrences in 12 translations

'Consume' in the Bible

Will evildoers never understand?They consume My people as they consume bread;they do not call on the Lord.

Verse ConceptsEating, Metaphorical UseCalling upon GodEvildoersNot PrayingThose Who Were Ignorantatheism

When you appear, you will set them ablaze like a fire furnace. In his wrath, the LORD will consume them, and the fire will devour them.

Verse ConceptsFurnacesWicked Described AsBurning PeopleGod Will Be Angry

But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

Verse ConceptsEternal DeathSmokeDisappearanceThe Wicked Will PerishPurity Of New CreationsmokingSmoke Used Poetically

When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

Verse ConceptsInsectsRebukeBeauty, Temporal Nature OfVanityPossessions DecayingMothsMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsGod Requite Them!Time Passing

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

Verse ConceptsFeedingGrave, TheSheolSheepInadequate ShepherdingDeath Of The WickedBeauty, Temporal Nature OfUprightnessHow Death Is InevitableThe Fact Of DeathDeath Of Loved One

Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

Verse ConceptsGod's DominionGod Angry With The NationsPsalm InterjectionsKnowing About God's Kingdomwrath

Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom: consume them.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodRestraintRight Hand Of GodGod's Hand

Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,

Verse ConceptsBurning PlantsHarming Treesfirefighters

Fire goes out from his presence to consume his enemies on every side.

Verse ConceptsTheophanyBurning People

For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.

Verse ConceptsDamage To The BodyFurnacesImminent Tomorrowsmoking

Bible Theasaurus

Consume (170 instances)
Deplete (1 instance)
Destroy (457 instances)
Devour (148 instances)
Exhaust (12 instances)
Spend (67 instances)

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