Deuteronomy 4:24
Because the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 24:17And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like a burning fire upon the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Exodus 34:14Adore not any strange god. The Lord his name is Jealous, he is a jealous God.
Deuteronomy 5:9Thou shalt not adore them, and thou shalt not serve them. For I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon their children unto the third and fourth generation, to them that hate me,
Deuteronomy 9:3Thou shalt know therefore this day that the Lord thy God himself will pass over before thee, a devouring and consuming fire, to destroy and extirpate and bring them to nothing before thy face quickly, as he hath spoken to thee.
Deuteronomy 32:16They provoked him by strange gods, and stirred him up to anger, with their abominations.
Psalms 21:9Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: let thy right hand find out all them that hate thee.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 4:2-41
Exhortations and Arguments. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed… Read the whole commentary →