12 occurrences

'Fierceness' in the Bible

Nothing from that which is put under the ban (designated for destruction) shall cling to your hand, so that the Lord may turn away from His burning anger and show mercy to you, and have compassion on you and make you increase, just as He swore to your fathers,

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfGod Multipling PeopleGod Will Show Mercyempathy

Then they piled up over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Achor (Disaster) to this day.

Verse ConceptsCairnsGod Will No More Be AngryPlaces To This Day

However, the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath which was kindled against Judah because of all the despicable acts with which Manasseh had provoked Him.

Verse Conceptselection, privileges ofHeatPropitiationGod Will Be Angry

“When he fills his belly,God will send His fierce anger on himAnd will rain it upon him while he is eating.

Verse ConceptsRainPeople EatingGod Will Be Angryventing

“With fierceness and rage he races to devour the ground,And he does not stand still at the sound of the [war] trumpet.

Verse ConceptsNot Being StillNot Stilldistance

Pour out Your indignation on them,And let [the fierceness of] Your burning anger overtake them.

Verse ConceptsGod's IndignationGod Angry With The Nations

Therefore He poured out on Israel the heat of His angerAnd the fierceness of battle;And engulfed him in fire,Yet he did not recognize [the lesson of repentance which the Assyrian conquest was intended to teach];It burned him, but he did not take it to heart.

Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedChastisementSensitivityInsensibilityBurning PeopleStrength In Battle

“He has left His lair like the lion;For their land has become a horrorBecause of the fierceness of the oppressorAnd because of the Lord’s fierce anger.”

Verse ConceptsGod Like A LionLike Creatures

I will not execute the fierceness of My anger;I will not return to Ephraim to destroy him again.For I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst [who will not revoke My covenant],And I will not come in wrath or enter the city [in judgment].

Verse ConceptsSanctification, Nature And BasisAnger Of God, Saved FromGod In Relation To ManGod Will No More Be AngryMan's Relation To God

Who can stand before His indignation [His great wrath]?And who can stand up and endure the fierceness of His anger?His wrath is poured out like fireAnd the rocks are destroyed by Him.

Verse ConceptsAnger Of God, Nature OfGod's IndignationPunishment, By GodRocksSplitting RocksFire Of God's AngerStanding FirmGod Has AngerLake Of FirePassionwrathventing

Bible Theasaurus

Ferocity (1 instance)
Fierceness (32 instances)
Vehemence (5 instances)