Psalms 97:3

Fire goes before the reigning LORD, consuming His enemies. It pictures God's holy presence as unstoppable against all that opposes Him.

Cross-references · 17

• Ps 50:3Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
• Heb 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”
• Ps 18:8Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
• 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.
• Mal 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
• Dan 7:10A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.
• Ps 21:8–9Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
• Deut 32:22For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
• 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.
• 2 Pet 3:10–12But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
• Deut 4:11You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
• Deut 5:4The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
• Deut 5:23–24And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
• Hab 3:5Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
• Rev 11:5If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.
• Deut 4:36He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.
• Rev 20:15And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

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