'Coals' in the Bible
Then he is to take a censer and fill it with coals from the fire on the altar in the LORD's presence. With his hands full of spiced and refined incense, he is to bring it beyond the curtain.
So each man took his censer, put fire coals inside of it, placed incense in it, and then stood at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, accompanied by Moses and Aaron.
"Tell Aaron's son Eleazar the priest to take out the censers out of the flames and scatter the coals far away, since they are holy.
Smoke poured out of his nostrils, and fire from his mouth kindling coals to flame by it.
From the shining light that was his presence coals of fire blazed into flame!
He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.
In his anger smoke poured out of his nostrils, and consuming fire from his mouth; coals were lit from it.
Like a sharp arrow from a warrior, along with fiery coals from juniper trees!
May burning coals fall on them; may they be cast into fire, and into miry pits, never to rise again.
Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
For you'll be piling burning coals of shame on his head and the LORD will reward you.
Charcoal is to hot coals as wood is to fire; so also a quarrelsome man fuels strife.
The blacksmith prepares a tool and works in the coals, then fashions an idol with hammers, working by the strength of his arm. He even becomes hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows faint.
Half the wood he burns in the fire, and over that half he places meat so he can eat. He sits by its coals, warms himself, and says, "Ah! I am warm in front of the fire."
No one stops to think. No one has the knowledge or understanding to think yes to think! "Half of it I burned in the fire. I even baked bread on its coals, and I roasted meat and ate it. And am I about to make detestable things from what is left? Am I about to bow down to blocks of wood?"
"See, they are just like stubble; fire burns them up. They could not even save themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals for warming oneself, no fire to sit by.
Look! It is I who have created the blacksmith who fans coals in the fire, and produces a weapon for his purpose. It is I who have created the ravager to wreak havoc;
Now, in the midst of the living beings there was something that appeared to glow like coals kindled by a fire, like torches that moved back and forth between the living beings. The fire was dazzling, and lightning flashed from the fire.
The LORD spoke to the man who was clothed in white linen, telling him, "Go between the whirling wheels, under the cherubim, and fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim. Then scatter them over the city." So he entered as I watched.
Make the pot stand empty on the coals until its bronze glows red, its rust can be scoured off, and its dross completely removed.
But "if your enemy is hungry, feed him. For if he is thirsty, give him a drink. If you do this, you will pile burning coals on his head."