Hebrews 12:29
for our God is a consuming fire.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
For our God is a consuming fire.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 24:17The appearance of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Numbers 16:35Fire came forth from the Lord, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.
Deuteronomy 9:3Know therefore this day, that the Lord your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before you: so you shall drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as the Lord has spoken to you.
Psalms 97:3A fire goes before him,and burns up his adversaries on every side.
Daniel 7:9I saw until thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. His throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.
Hebrews 10:27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of 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 →