Deuteronomy 9:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Know, then, today that the Lord your God is the one who crosses over before you as a devouring fire; he will defeat them and subdue them before you, so that you may dispossess and destroy them quickly, as the Lord has promised you.

Cross References

Exodus 23:23

“When my angel goes in front of you and brings you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I blot them out,

Exodus 24:17

Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the Israelites.

Isaiah 27:4

I have no wrath. If it gives me thorns and briers, I will march to battle against it. I will burn it up.

Isaiah 30:27

See, the name of the Lord comes from far away, his anger burning and his burden heavy; his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is like a devouring fire;

Isaiah 30:30

And the Lord will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and tempest and hailstones.

Isaiah 30:33

For his burning place has long been prepared, also for the king; its pyre is made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting flames?”

Micah 2:13

The one who breaks out will go up before them; they will break through and pass the gate, going out by it. Their king will pass on before them, the Lord at their head.

Matthew 15:10

Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand:

Mark 7:14

Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand:

Romans 8:31

What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

Ephesians 5:17

So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Deuteronomy 1:30

The Lord your God, who goes before you, is the one who will fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your very eyes

Deuteronomy 20:1

“When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots, an army larger than your own, do not fear them, for the Lord your God is with you, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 20:4

for it is the Lord your God who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to give you victory.’

Deuteronomy 4:24

For the Lord your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 7:16

You shall devour all the peoples that the Lord your God is giving over to you, showing them no pity; you shall not serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.

Deuteronomy 7:22

The Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to make a quick end of them, otherwise the wild animals would become too numerous for you.

Deuteronomy 9:6

“Know, then, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to occupy because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

in a fiery flame, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Hebrews 12:29

for indeed our God is a consuming fire.

Joshua 11:12

And all the towns of those kings and all their kings, Joshua took and struck them with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.

Joshua 11:8

And the Lord handed them over to Israel, who attacked them and chased them as far as Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim and eastward as far as the valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down until they had left no one remaining.

Joshua 14:12

So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities; it may be that the Lord will be with me, and I will drive them out, as the Lord said.”

Joshua 3:11

the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is going to pass before you into the Jordan.

Joshua 3:14

When the people set out from their tents to cross over the Jordan, the priests bearing the ark of the covenant were in front of the people.

Judges 4:14

Then Deborah said to Barak, “Up! For this is the day on which the Lord has given Sisera into your hand. Has not the Lord gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand warriors following him.