Deuteronomy 4:24

New English Translation

For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:20

What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Psalm 21:9

You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the Lord angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

Psalm 78:58

They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols.

Exodus 15:7

In the abundance of your majesty you have overthrown those who rise up against you. You sent forth your wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

Exodus 20:5

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,

Exodus 24:17

Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain view of the people.

Exodus 33:3

Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.”

Exodus 34:14

For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Isaiah 10:17

The light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One will become a flame; it will burn and consume the Assyrian king’s briers and his thorns in one day.

Isaiah 30:27

Look, the name of the Lord comes from a distant place in raging anger and awesome splendor. He speaks angrily and his word is like destructive fire.

Isaiah 30:33

For the burial place is already prepared; it has been made deep and wide for the king. The firewood is piled high on it. The Lord’s breath, like a stream flowing with brimstone, will ignite it.

Isaiah 33:14

Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say, ‘Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?’

Isaiah 42:8

I am the Lord! That is my name! I will not share my glory with anyone else, or the praise due me with idols.

Amos 5:6

Seek the Lord so you can live! Otherwise he will break out like fire against Joseph’s family; the fire will consume and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.

Nahum 1:2

The Lord is a zealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenging and very angry. The Lord takes vengeance against his foes; he sustains his rage against his enemies.

Nahum 1:6

No one can withstand his indignation! No one can resist his fierce anger! His wrath is poured out like volcanic fire, boulders are broken up as he approaches.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth.”

Zephaniah 3:8

Therefore you must wait patiently for me,” says the Lord, “for the day when I attack and take plunder. I have decided to gather nations together and assemble kingdoms, so I can pour out my fury on them – all my raging anger. For the whole earth will be consumed by my fiery anger.

Numbers 25:11

“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites, when he manifested such zeal for my sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in my zeal.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

Deuteronomy 29:20

The Lord will be unwilling to forgive him, and his intense anger will rage against that man; all the curses written in this scroll will fall upon him and the Lord will obliterate his name from memory.

Deuteronomy 32:16

They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols.

Deuteronomy 5:9

You must not worship or serve them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. I punish the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons for the sin of the fathers who reject me,

Deuteronomy 6:15

for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.

Deuteronomy 9:3

Understand today that the Lord your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he has told you.

Hebrews 12:29

For our God is indeed a devouring fire.