'Consume' in the Bible

But you will perish among the nations, and your enemies’ land will consume you.

“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly.”

“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly.” Then they fell on their faces.

Now then why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, then we will die.

You shall consume all the peoples whom the Lord your God will deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them, nor shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.

“You shall bring out much seed to the field but you will gather in little, for the locust will consume it.

If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you after He has done good to you.”

The bramble said to the trees, ‘If in truth you are anointing me as king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, may fire come out from the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the men of Shechem and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem and from Beth-millo, and consume Abimelech.”

behold, I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Elijah replied to the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

Elijah replied to them, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures,And unfanned fire will devour him;It will consume the survivor in his tent.

“Drought and heat consume the snow waters,So does Sheol those who have sinned.

“With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;You consume as a moth what is precious to him;Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.

As sheep they are appointed for Sheol;Death shall be their shepherd;And the upright shall rule over them in the morning,And their form shall be for Sheol to consumeSo that they have no habitation.

When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look on?

Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;

“You have conceived chaff, you will give birth to stubble;My breath will consume you like a fire.

Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts,“Because you have spoken this word,Behold, I am making My words in your mouth fireAnd this people wood, and it will consume them.

The sword is outside and the plague and the famine are within. He who is in the field will die by the sword; famine and the plague will also consume those in the city.

Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and hailstones to consume it in wrath.

and I set My face against them. Though they have come out of the fire, yet the fire will consume them. Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I set My face against them.

and say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the Lord: thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am about to kindle a fire in you, and it will consume every green tree in you, as well as every dry tree; the blazing flame will not be quenched and the whole surface from south to north will be burned by it.

“And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach,’ and say: ‘A sword, a sword is drawn, polished for the slaughter, to cause it to consume, that it may be like lightning—

I will scatter you among the nations and I will disperse you through the lands, and I will consume your uncleanness from you.

All of them are hot like an oven,And they consume their rulers;All their kings have fallen.None of them calls on Me.

For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.

The sword will whirl against their cities,And will demolish their gate barsAnd consume them because of their counsels.

“So I will send fire upon the house of HazaelAnd it will consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.

“So I will send fire upon the wall of GazaAnd it will consume her citadels.

“So I will send fire upon the wall of TyreAnd it will consume her citadels.”

“So I will send fire upon TemanAnd it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

“So I will kindle a fire on the wall of RabbahAnd it will consume her citadelsAmid war cries on the day of battle,And a storm on the day of tempest.

“So I will send fire upon MoabAnd it will consume the citadels of Kerioth;And Moab will die amid tumult,With war cries and the sound of a trumpet.

“So I will send fire upon JudahAnd it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

“Seek the Lord that you may live,Or He will break forth like a fire, O house of Joseph,And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,

Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God was calling to contend with them by fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the farm land.

“Then the house of Jacob will be a fireAnd the house of Joseph a flame;But the house of Esau will be as stubble.And they will set them on fire and consume them,So that there will be no survivor of the house of Esau,”For the Lord has spoken.

There fire will consume you,The sword will cut you down;It will consume you as the locust does.Multiply yourself like the creeping locust,Multiply yourself like the swarming locust.

I will make it go forth,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and consume it with its timber and stones.”

“In that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right hand and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while the inhabitants of Jerusalem again dwell on their own sites in Jerusalem.

When His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house will consume me.”

but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries.

Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!