Zephaniah 1:18

New American Bible - revised edition

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them. On the day of the Lord’s wrath, in the fire of his passion, all the earth will be consumed. For he will make an end, yes, a sudden end, of all who live on the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 6:7

So the Lord said: I will wipe out from the earth the human beings I have created, and not only the human beings, but also the animals and the crawling things and the birds of the air, for I regret that I made them.

1 Kings 14:22

Judah did evil in the Lord’s sight and they angered him even more than their ancestors had done.

Job 21:30

On the day of calamity the evil man is spared, on the day that wrath is released.

Job 3:15

Or with princes who had gold and filled their houses with silver.

Psalm 78:58

They enraged him with their high places, and with their idols provoked him to jealous anger.

Psalm 79:5

How long, Lord? Will you be angry forever? Will your jealous anger keep burning like fire?

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth is useless on a day of wrath, but justice saves from death.

Proverbs 18:11

The wealth of the rich is their strong city; they fancy it a high wall.

Isaiah 1:24

Now, therefore, says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah! I will take vengeance on my foes and fully repay my enemies!

Isaiah 10:17

The Light of Israel will become a fire, the Holy One, a flame, That burns and consumes its briers and its thorns in a single day.

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do on the day of punishment, when the storm comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth,

Jeremiah 7:20

Therefore, thus says the Lord God: my anger and my wrath will pour out upon this place, upon human being and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruits of the earth; it will burn and not be quenched.

Jeremiah 7:34

I will silence the cry of joy, the cry of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for the land will be turned to rubble.

Jeremiah 9:11

Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken? Let him declare it! Why is the land ravaged, scorched like a wilderness no one crosses?

Ezekiel 16:38

I will inflict on you the sentence of adultery and murder; I will bring on you bloody wrath and jealous anger.

Ezekiel 23:25

I will direct my jealousy against you, so that they deal with you in fury, cutting off your nose and ears; what is left of you shall fall by the sword. They shall take away your sons and daughters, and what is left of you shall be devoured by fire.

Ezekiel 7:11

the violent have risen up to wield a scepter of wickedness. But none of them shall remain; none of their crowd, none of their wealth, for none of them are innocent.

Ezekiel 7:19

They fling their silver into the streets, and their gold is considered unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them on the day of the Lord’s wrath. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their bellies, for it has been the occasion of their sin.

Ezekiel 7:5

Thus says the Lord God: Evil upon evil! See it coming!

Zephaniah 1:11

Wail, O inhabitants of Maktesh! for all the merchants are destroyed, all who weigh out silver, done away with.

Zephaniah 1:15

A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and desolation, A day of darkness and gloom, a day of thick black clouds,

Zephaniah 2:2

Before you are driven away, like chaff that disappears; Before there comes upon you the blazing anger of the Lord; Before there comes upon you the day of the Lord’s anger.

Zephaniah 3:8

Therefore, wait for me—oracle of the Lord— until the day when I arise as accuser; For it is my decision to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, In order to pour out upon them my wrath, all my blazing anger; For in the fire of my passion all the earth will be consumed.

Matthew 16:26

What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life?

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or are we provoking the Lord to jealous anger? Are we stronger than he? Seek the Good of Others.

Deuteronomy 31:17

At that time my anger will flare up against them; I will forsake them and hide my face from them; they will become a prey to be devoured, and much evil and distress will befall them. At that time they will indeed say, “Is it not because our God is not in our midst that these evils have befallen us?”