Hebrews 12:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁹ for indeed our God is a consuming fire.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ for our God is a consuming fire.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ For our God [is indeed] a consuming fire. [Deut. 4:24.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ for our God is a consuming fire.

Common English Bible

²⁹ because our God really is a consuming fire.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ For our God is a consuming fire.

Hebrews 12:29 Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:24

For the Lord your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 9:3

Know, then, today that the Lord your God is the one who crosses over before you as a devouring fire; he will defeat them and subdue them before you, so that you may dispossess and destroy them quickly, as the Lord has promised you.

Hebrews 10:27

but a fearful prospect of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

in a fiery flame, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Isaiah 66:15

For the Lord will come in fire and his chariots in a whirlwind, to vent his anger in fury and his rebuke in flames of fire.

Exodus 24:17

Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the Israelites.

Daniel 7:9

As I watched, thrones were set in place, and an Ancient One took his throne; his clothing was white as snow and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and its wheels were burning fire.

Psalm 97:3

Fire goes before him and consumes his adversaries on every side.

Psalm 50:3

Our God comes and does not keep silent; before him is a devouring fire and a mighty tempest all around him.

Numbers 16:35

And fire came out from the Lord and consumed the two hundred fifty men offering the incense.

Numbers 11:1

Now when the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, the Lord heard it, and his anger was kindled. Then the fire of the Lord burned against them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp.

Exodus 15:7

In the greatness of your majesty you overthrew your adversaries; you sent out your fury; it consumed them like stubble.

2 Samuel 22:9

Smoke went up from his nostrils and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting flames?”

Jeremiah 25:37

and the peaceful folds are devastated because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

Ezekiel 38:19

For in my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare: On that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

2 Corinthians 5:11

Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences.

2 Thessalonians 1:7

and to give relief to the afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels

Hebrews 10:31

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

2 Peter 3:7

But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.