Hebrews 12:29
For our God is a consuming fire.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For our God is a consuming fire.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 97:3Before him goeth a fire, Which burneth up his enemies around.
Daniel 7:9I beheld, till thrones were placed, and an aged one seated himself, his garment white like snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne like a fiery flame, and its wheels like burning fire.
Hebrews 10:27but a certain fearful looking for judgment, and an indignation by fire, which will devour the adversaries.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:19-29
Nature of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: 20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: 21 And so terrible was the sight, that… Read the whole commentary →