Psalm 97:3

New International Reader's Version

The Lord sends fire ahead of him. It burns up his enemies all around him.

Cross References

Psalm 18:8

Smoke came out of his nose. Flames of fire came out of his mouth. Burning coals blazed out of it.

Psalm 18:9

He opened the heavens and came down. Dark clouds were under his feet.

Psalm 50:3

Our God comes, and he won’t be silent. A burning fire goes ahead of him. A terrible storm is all around him.

Ezekiel 1:4

I looked up and saw a windstorm coming from the north. I saw a huge cloud. The fire of lightning was flashing out of it. Bright light surrounded it. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal.

Daniel 7:10

A river of fire was flowing. It was coming out from in front of God. Thousands and thousands of angels served him. Millions of them stood in front of him. The court was seated. And the books were opened.

Habakkuk 3:5

He sent plagues ahead of him. Sickness followed behind him.

Malachi 4:1

“You can be sure the day of the Lord is coming. My anger will burn like a furnace. All those who are proud will be like straw. So will all those who do what is evil. The day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord who rules over all. “Not even a root or a branch will be left to them.

Deuteronomy 32:22

My anger will start a fire. It will burn all the way down to the kingdom of the dead. It will eat up the earth and its crops. It will set the base of the mountains on fire.

Deuteronomy 4:11

You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain. It blazed with fire that reached as high as the very heavens. There were black clouds and deep darkness.

Deuteronomy 4:36

From heaven he made you hear his voice. He wanted to teach you. On earth he showed you his great fire. You heard his words coming out of the fire.

Deuteronomy 5:4

The Lord spoke to you face to face. His voice came out of the fire on the mountain.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

He will punish those who don’t know God. He will punish those who don’t obey the good news about our Lord Jesus.

Hebrews 12:29

Our “God is like a fire that burns everything up.” (Deuteronomy 4:24)

Revelation 11:5

If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and eats up their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die.

Revelation 20:15

Anyone whose name was not written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.