Hebrews 12:29 ““For our God is a consuming fire.””

Hebrews 12:29

“For our God is a consuming fire.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For our God is a consuming fire.

World English Bible

for our God is a consuming fire.

American Standard Version

for our God is a consuming fire.

Geneva Bible 1599

For euen our God is a consuming fire.

Darby Translation

For also our God [is] a consuming fire.

Young's Literal Translation

for also our God [is] a consuming fire.

Bible in Basic English

For our God is an all-burning fire.

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Cross references

“For our God is a consuming fire.”

Deuteronomy 4:24 Deuteronomy 9:3 Hebrews 10:27 Isaiah 66:15 2 Thessalonians 1:8 Exodus 24:17

Deuteronomy 4:24 · BSB

For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Deuteronomy 9:3 · BSB

But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised…

Hebrews 10:27 · BSB

but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.

Isaiah 66:15 · BSB

For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.

2 Thessalonians 1:8 · BSB

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

Exodus 24:17 · BSB

And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

28Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.

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