'Fire' in the Bible

But he went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made his son go through the fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

And they made their sons and their daughters go through the fire, and they made use of secret arts and unnatural powers, and gave themselves up to doing evil in the eyes of the Lord, till he was moved to wrath.

The Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites gave their children to be burned in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

And have given their gods to the fire; for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.

And he made his son go through the fire, and made use of secret arts and signs for reading the future; he gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers; he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.

Because they have given me up, burning offerings to other gods and moving me to wrath by all the work of their hands; so my wrath will be on fire against this place, and will not be put out.

And Topheth, in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, he made unclean, so that no man might make his son or his daughter go through the fire to Molech.

And he took away the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the way into the house of the Lord, by the room of Nathan-melech, the unsexed servant, which was in the outer part of the building, and the carriages of the sun he put on fire.

And he had the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire;

And the fire-trays and the basins; the gold of the gold vessels and the silver of the silver vessels, were all taken away by the captain of the armed men.

And the Philistines did not take their images with them in their flight; and at David's orders they were burned with fire.

And Ornan said to David, Take it, and let my lord the king do what seems right to him. See, I give you the oxen for burned offerings and the grain-cleaning instruments for fire-wood, and the grain for the meal offering; I give it all.

And David put up an altar there to the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings with prayers to the Lord; and he gave him an answer from heaven, sending fire on the altar of burned offering.

The holy bread was in their care, and the crushed grain for the meal offering, of unleavened cakes or meal cooked over the fire or in water; they had control of all sorts of weights and measures;

The scissors and the basins and the spoons and the fire-trays, of the best gold; and the inner doors of the house, opening into the most holy place, and the doors of the Temple, were all of gold.

Now when Solomon's prayers were ended, fire came down from heaven, burning up all the offerings; and the house was full of the glory of the Lord.

And all the children of Israel were looking on when the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord was on the house; and they went down on their knees, with their faces to the earth, worshipping and praising the Lord, and saying, He is good; for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

More than this, he had offerings burned in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and made his children go through fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

More than this, he made his children go through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he made use of secret arts, and signs for reading the future, and unnatural powers, and gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers: he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.

And the Passover lamb was cooked over the fire, as it says in the law; and the holy offerings were cooked in pots and basins and vessels, and taken quickly to all the people.

And the house of God was burned and the wall of Jerusalem broken down; all its great houses were burned with fire and all its beautiful vessels given up to destruction.

They said to me, The small band of Jews now living there in the land are in great trouble and shame: the wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.

And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?

And I went out by night, through the doorway of the valley, and past the dragon's water-spring as far as the place where waste material was put, viewing the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down, and the doorways which had been burned with fire.

Then I said to them, You see what a bad condition we are in; how Jerusalem is a waste, and its doorways burned with fire: come, let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.

And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go.

Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.

And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The fire of God came down from heaven, burning up the sheep and the goats and the young men completely, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire.

For the band of the evil-doers gives no fruit, and the tents of those who give wrong decisions for reward are burned with fire.

For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.

Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire.

Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.

As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire.

It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.

Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up.

Smoke comes out of his nose, like a pot boiling on the fire.

His breath puts fire to coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.

He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.

On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.

There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.

Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.

He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,

He puts an end to wars over all the earth; by him the bow is broken, and the spear cut in two, and the carriage burned in the fire.

My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.

You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.

Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God.

I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.

Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?

They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth.

They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.

In the daytime he was guiding them in the cloud, and all through the night with a light of fire.

So these things came to the Lord's ears, and he was angry; and a fire was lighted against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel;

Their young men were burned in the fire; and their virgins were not praised in the bride-song.

It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.

How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?

Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about.

He makes winds his angels, and flames of fire his servants.

He gave them ice for rain, and flaming fire in their land.

A cloud was stretched over them for a cover; and he sent fire to give light in the night.

And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames.

They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again.

Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word:

May a man take fire to his breast without burning his clothing?

A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.

Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.

Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.

Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.

The underworld, and the woman without a child; the earth which never has enough water, and the fire which never says, Enough.

Put me as a sign on your heart, as a sign on your arm; love is strong as death, and wrath bitter as the underworld: its coals are coals of fire; violent are its flames.

Your country has become waste; your towns are burned with fire; as for your land, it is overturned before your eyes, made waste and overcome by men from strange lands.

And the strong will be as food for the fire, and his work as a flame; and they will be burned together, with no one to put out the fire.

And over every living-place on Mount Zion, all over all her meetings, the Lord will make a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for over all, the glory of the Lord will be a cover and a tent;

For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Then a winged one came to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from off the altar with the fire-spoon.

And say to him, Take care and be quiet; have no fear, and do not let your heart be feeble, because of these two ends of smoking fire-wood, because of the bitter wrath of Rezin and Aram, and of the son of Remaliah.

For every boot of the man of war with his sounding step, and the clothing rolled in blood, will be for burning, food for the fire.

For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.

For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, will make his fat become wasted; and in his inner parts a fire will be lighted like a burning flame.

And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: wasting and burning up his thorns in one day.

Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see: let them see ... yes, your haters will be burned up in the fire.

When its branches are dry they will be broken off; the women will come and put fire to them: for it is a foolish people; for this cause he who made them will have no mercy on them, and he whose work they are will not have pity on them.

The Lord of armies will come in with thunder and earth-shaking and great noise, with rushing wind and storm, and the flame of burning fire.

And he will let it be broken as a potter's vessel is broken: it will be smashed to bits without mercy; so that there will not be a bit in which one may take fire from the fireplace, or water from the spring.

See, the name of the Lord is coming from far, burning with his wrath, with thick smoke going up: his lips are full of passion, and his tongue is like a burning fire:

And the Lord will send out the sound of his great voice, and they will see his arm stretched out, with the heat of his wrath, and the flame of a burning fire; with a cloud-burst, and storm, and a rain of ice.

For a place of fire has long been ready; yes, it has been made ready for the king; he has made it deep and wide: it is massed with fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of fire, puts a light to it.

And his rock will come to nothing because of fear, and his chiefs will go in flight from the flag, says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his altar in Jerusalem.

Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath.