Deuteronomy 4:24

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD will be angry if you worship other gods, and he can be like a fire destroying everything in its path.

Cross References

Hebrews 12:29

Our God is like a destructive fire!

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand the heat of his furious anger? It flashes out like fire and shatters stones.

Deuteronomy 9:3

But the LORD your God has promised to go ahead of you, like a raging fire burning everything in its path. So when you attack your enemies, it will be easy for you to destroy them and take their land.

Exodus 24:17

Moses did so and stayed there forty days and nights. To the people, the LORD's glory looked like a blazing fire on top of the mountain.

Isaiah 33:14

Those terrible sinners on Mount Zion tremble as they ask in fear, “How can we possibly live where a raging fire never stops burning?”

1 Corinthians 10:22

We would make the Lord jealous if we did that. And we are not stronger than the Lord.

Deuteronomy 6:15

If you worship other gods, the LORD will be furious and wipe you off the face of the earth. The LORD your God is with you,

Exodus 34:14

I demand your complete loyalty—you must not worship any other god!

Zephaniah 3:8

The LORD said: Just wait for the day when I accuse you nations. I have decided on a day, when I will bring together every nation and kingdom and punish them all in my fiery anger. I will become furious and destroy the earth.

Zephaniah 1:18

Not even your silver or gold can save you on that day when I, the LORD, am angry. My anger will flare up like a furious fire scorching the earth and everyone on it.”

Exodus 20:5

Don't bow down and worship idols. I am the LORD your God, and I demand all your love. If you reject me, I will punish your families for three or four generations.

Isaiah 42:8

My name is the LORD! I won't let idols or humans share my glory and praise.

Psalm 21:9

They will be destroyed by fire once you are here, and because of your anger, flames will swallow them.

Deuteronomy 29:20

The LORD will be furious, and instead of forgiving you, he will separate you from the other tribes. Then he will destroy you, by piling on you all the curses in The Book of God's Law, and you will be forgotten for ever.

Nahum 1:2

The LORD God demands loyalty. In his anger, he takes revenge on his enemies.

Deuteronomy 5:9

Don't bow down and worship idols. I am the LORD your God, and I demand all your love. If you reject me and worship idols, I will punish your families for three or four generations.

Psalm 78:58

God demanded all their love, but they made him angry by worshipping idols.

Deuteronomy 32:16

You made God jealous and angry by worshipping disgusting idols and foreign gods.

Isaiah 30:33

Long ago the LORD got a place ready for burning the body of the dead king. The place for the fire is deep and wide, the wood is piled high, and the LORD will start the fire by breathing out flaming sulphur.

Isaiah 30:27

The LORD is coming from far away with his fiery anger and thick clouds of smoke. His angry words flame up like a destructive fire;

Exodus 15:7

What a great victory was yours, as you defeated everyone who opposed you. Your fiery anger wiped them out, as though they were straw.

2 Kings 24:20

It was Zedekiah who finally rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. The people of Judah and Jerusalem had made the LORD so angry that he finally turned his back on them. That's why these horrible things were happening.

Amos 5:6

Turn back to the LORD, you descendants of Joseph, and you will live. If you don't, the LORD will attack like fire. Bethel will burn to the ground, and no one can save it.

Numbers 25:11

“In my anger, I would have wiped out the Israelites if Phinehas had not been faithful to me.

Isaiah 10:17

The holy God, who is the light of Israel, will turn into a fire, and in one day you will go up in flames, just like a thorn bush.