35 occurrences

'Lightning' in the Bible

So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail. Lightning struck the earth, and the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Causes OfThunderMiracles Of Moses And AaronHailFire From Heaven

The hail, with lightning flashing through it, was so severe that nothing like it had occurred in the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.

Verse ConceptsFireStormsUnique Things

On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a loud trumpet sound, so that all the people in the camp shuddered.

Verse ConceptsPillar Of CloudLightningMusical Instruments, types ofTheophanyThunderGroups TremblingTrumpets For SignallingThose Frightened Of GodThe Last TrumpetLion Of The Tribe Of JudahThunder Showing God's Presence

All the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain surrounded by smoke. When the people saw it they trembled and stood at a distance.

Verse ConceptsLightningMusical Instruments, types ofSmokeTheophanyThunderFear, Of UnknownStanding At A DistanceTrumpets For SignallingThose Frightened Of GodWitnessingdistancesmokingThunder Showing God's Presence

He said:The Lord came from Sinaiand appeared to them from Seir;He shone on them from Mount Paranand came with ten thousand holy ones,with lightning from His right hand for them.

Verse ConceptsSouthTens Of ThousandsThousands Of Angels Worship God

He shot arrows and scattered them;He hurled lightning bolts and routed them.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfGod's ArrowsScattering The Peoples

He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: “A lightning storm struck from heaven. It burned up the sheep and the servants and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

Verse ConceptsLightningLossSuffering, Causes OfWeather, God's Sovereignty OverConflagrationsActing AloneBurning PeopleWhile Still Speaking

when He established a limit for the rainand a path for the lightning,

Verse ConceptsRainThunderGod Sending RainGod Controlling The Rain

See how He spreads His lightning around Himand covers the depths of the sea.

Verse ConceptsOceansCreation Of The Seas

He covers His hands with lightningand commands it to hit its mark.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodAccuracyGod's Handclouds

He lets it loose beneath the entire sky;His lightning to the ends of the earth.

Verse ConceptsLightningFlat Earth

Then there comes a roaring sound;God thunders with His majestic voice.He does not restrain the lightningwhen His rumbling voice is heard.

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfRumbling

He saturates clouds with moisture;He scatters His lightning through them.

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's Presence

Do you know how God directs His cloudsor makes their lightning flash?

Verse ConceptsThe RainbowGod Controls Storms

Who cuts a channel for the flooding rainor clears the way for lightning,

Verse ConceptsNatureRainWater ChannelGod Controlling The Rain

Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go?Do they report to you: “Here we are”?

Verse ConceptsLightning

He shot His arrows and scattered them;He hurled lightning bolts and routed them.

Verse ConceptsGod's ArrowsScattering The PeoplesArrowscrusades

The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;lightning lit up the world.The earth shook and quaked.

Verse ConceptsearthquakesEarth, Judgment OfTheophanyWhirlwindsShakingTremblingLight In The Worldfootstepsfootprints

He handed over their livestock to hailand their cattle to lightning bolts.

Verse ConceptsLightning

He gave them hail for rain,and lightning throughout their land.

Verse ConceptsHailLightningFire Emanating From God

Flash Your lightning and scatter the foe;shoot Your arrows and rout them.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfLightningGod's ArrowsScattering The PeoplesArrows

When He thunders,the waters in the heavens are in turmoil,and He causes the cloudsto rise from the ends of the earth.He makes lightning for the rainand brings the wind from His storehouses.

Verse ConceptsRainStoringThunderGod Dispensing WindGod's StorehousesGod Controlling The Rain

The form of the living creatures was like the appearance of burning coals of fire and torches. Fire was moving back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, with lightning coming out of it.

Verse ConceptsAppearances of

The creatures were darting back and forth like flashes of lightning.

Verse ConceptsGoing Through the Motions

It is sharpened for slaughter,polished to flash like lightning!Should we rejoice?The scepter of My son,the sword despises every tree.

Verse ConceptsLightningSceptreSharpeningSparkling

I have appointed a sword for slaughterat all their gates,so that their hearts may meltand many may stumble.Yes! It is ready to flash like lightning;it is drawn for slaughter.

Verse ConceptsGatesStanding In The GatewaySparklingLosing CourageGod's Sword

“Now prophesy, son of man, and say: This is what the Lord God says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt. You are to proclaim:A sword! A swordis drawn for slaughter,polished to consume, to flash like lightning.

Verse ConceptsSparklingGod's Sword

His body was like topaz, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

Verse ConceptsBodyCrowdsJewelsLegsLight, NaturalLightningBrassHeavenly FacesSoundSparklingEyes In ProphecyThings Like BronzeAppearances ofColorJesus Eyes

The chariots dash madly through the streets;they rush around in the plazas.They look like torches;they dart back and forth like lightning.

Verse ConceptsChariotsLightningRoadsStreetsCity SquaresAttacking With ChariotsSpeedSparklingUsing RoadsSteelAutomobilesLightning Used Metaphorically

Then the Lord will appear over them,and His arrow will fly like lightning.The Lord God will sound the trumpetand advance with the southern storms.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfArrows, Described AsLightningTheophanyTrumpets For BattleGod AppearingArrowsHurricanes

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