'Consumes' in the Bible
“And in the greatness of Your excellence You overthrow those who rise up against You;You send forth Your burning anger, and it consumes them as chaff.
“When a fire gets out of control, spreads to thornbushes, and consumes stacks of cut grain, standing grain, or a field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution for what was burned.
Yahweh will cause the plague to cling to you {until it consumes you} from the land that you [are] going to, to take possession of it.
For a fire is kindled in My anger,And burns to the lowest part of Sheol,And consumes the earth with its yield,And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
David responded to the messenger, "Here's what you're to tell Joab: "Don't be troubled by this incident, because the battle sword consumes one or another from time to time. Consolidate your attack against the city and conquer it.' Be sure to encourage him."
“He will not escape from darkness [fleeing disaster];The flame [of God’s wrath] will wither his branch,And by the blast of His mouth he will go away.
For the company of the godless is desolation, and fire consumes the tents of those who bribe.
Parts of his skin are eaten away;death’s firstborn consumes his limbs.
Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.'
For it is a fire that consumes down to Abaddon;it would destroy my entire harvest.
In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown.
You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the Lord angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.
“With rebukes You discipline man for sin;You consume like a moth what is precious to him;Surely every man is a mere breath [a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes]. Selah.
Zeal for your house consumes me, and the mockeries of those who insult you fall on me.
Like fire consumes the forest,And like the flame sets the mountains on fire,
My zeal consumes me because my enemies forget your words.
Precious treasure and oil are in the dwelling of a wise person,but a foolish man consumes them.
a man to whom God gives wealth, riches, and honor, so that he lacks none of his heart's desires but God does not give him the capability to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger consumes them. This is pointless and a grievous affliction.
Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes strawand as dry grass shrivels in the flame,so their roots will become like something rottenand their blossoms will blow away like dust,for they have rejectedthe instruction of the Lord of Hosts,and they have despisedthe word of the Holy One of Israel.
For wickedness burns like a firethat consumes thorns and briersand kindles the forest thicketsso that they go up in a column of smoke.
He will completely destroythe glory of its forests and orchardsas a sickness consumes a person.
“You have conceived dried grass, you will give birth to stubble;My breath is a fire that will consume you.
“In fact, they are like stubble;Fire burns them.They cannot save themselves from the power of the flame [much less save the nation],There is no blazing coal for warmingNor fire before which to sit!
"They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, and the fire that consumes them will not die out. All people will find the sight abhorrent."
“Is not My word like fire [that consumes all that cannot endure the test]?” says the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks the [most stubborn] rock [in pieces]?
ג GimelHe has cut off every horn of Israelin His burning angerand withdrawn His right handin the presence of the enemy.He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming firethat consumes everything.
If it has been thrown into the fire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends and the middle section has been charred, is it suitable or useful for anything?
Therefore I will consume Ephraim like a moth, and the house of Judah as rottenness consumes.
[The] sword rages in his cities; it consumes his false prophets and devours because of their plans.
A fire consumes before themAnd behind them a flame burns.The land is like the garden of Eden before themBut a desolate wilderness behind them,And nothing at all escapes them.
Look at your people they are women! Your borders stand wide open to your enemies, while fire consumes the bars of your gates."
But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how it consumes Me until it is finished!
Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes me will live because of me.
If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and consumes their enemies; if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way.
The kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality with her and lived in luxury with her, will cry and mourn over her when they see the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.