Deuteronomy 9:3

The LORD himself goes before Israel as a devouring fire to destroy the nations quickly. God is the true conqueror who guarantees the victory.

Cross-references · 26

• Deut 4:24For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
• Rom 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
• Heb 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”
• Deut 20:4For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
• Deut 7:23–24But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
• Josh 3:11Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan.
• Exod 23:29–31I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
• Mic 2:13One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate, and go out by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader.
• Deut 1:30The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
• 2 Th 1:8in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
• Josh 3:14So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.
• Isa 41:10–16Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
• Isa 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
• Rev 19:11–16Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
• Deut 7:1–2When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
• Nah 1:5–6The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.
• Eph 5:17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
• Mark 7:14Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:
• Matt 15:10Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.
• Deut 31:3–6The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.
• Isa 27:4I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
• Isa 30:27Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
• Isa 30:30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
• Isa 30:33For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
• Deut 9:6Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
• Deut 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

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