Zephaniah 1:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.”

Cross References

Genesis 6:7

and he said, “I'll destroy every living creature on earth! I'll wipe out people, animals, birds, and reptiles. I'm sorry I ever made them.”

1 Kings 14:22

The people of Judah disobeyed the LORD and made him even angrier than their ancestors had.

Job 21:30

that those who do wrong never suffer disaster, when God becomes angry.

Job 3:15

and with rulers once rich with silver and gold.

Psalm 78:58

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

Psalm 79:5

Our LORD, will you keep on being angry? Will your angry feelings keep flaming up like fire?

Proverbs 11:4

When God is angry, money won't help you. Obeying God is the only way to be saved from death.

Proverbs 18:11

the rich think their money is a wall of protection.

Isaiah 1:24

I am the LORD All-Powerful, the mighty ruler of Israel, and I make you a promise: you are now my enemy, and I will show my anger by taking revenge on you.

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.

Isaiah 10:3

But what will you do when you are fiercely attacked and punished by foreigners? Where will you run for help? Where will you hide your valuables?

Jeremiah 7:20

And now, I, the LORD All-Powerful, will flood Judah with my fiery anger until nothing is left—no people or animals, no trees or crops.

Jeremiah 7:34

When I have finished with your land, there will be deathly silence in the empty ruins of Jerusalem and the towns of Judah—no happy voices, no sounds of parties or wedding celebrations.

Jeremiah 9:11

I heard the LORD reply, “When I have finished, Jerusalem and the towns of Judah will be piles of ruins where only jackals live.”

Ezekiel 16:38

I will find you guilty of being an unfaithful wife and a murderer, and in my fierce anger I will sentence you to death!

Ezekiel 23:25

I am angry with you, so I will let them be very cruel. They will cut off your nose and ears; they will kill your children and put to death anyone in your family who is still alive.

Ezekiel 7:11

and violent criminals run free. None of you will survive the disaster, and everything you own and value will be shattered.

Ezekiel 7:19

Your silver and gold will be thrown into the streets like rubbish, because those are the two things that led you into sin, and now they cannot save you from my anger. They are not even worth enough to buy food.

Ezekiel 7:5

There's never been anything like the coming disaster.

Zephaniah 1:11

Everyone in Lower Hollow will mourn loudly, because merchants and money changers will be wiped out.

Zephaniah 1:15

It will be a time of anger— of trouble and torment, of disaster and destruction, of darkness and despair, of storm clouds and shadows,

Zephaniah 2:2

before it's too late. The LORD has set a time when his fierce anger will strike like a storm and sweep you away.

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.

Matthew 16:26

What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself? What would you give to get back your soul?

1 Corinthians 10:22

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

Deuteronomy 31:17

and I will be so furious that I will abandon them and ignore their prayers. I will send disasters and suffering that will nearly wipe them out. Finally, they will realize that the disasters happened because I abandoned them.