Fire
108 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
75 sections
- A Symbol in the Burning Bush
- A Symbol of God's Presence
- A Symbol: On Sinai
- A Symbol: Tongues of, on the Apostles
- Affliction
- At Elijah's Translation
- Bright
- Can be Increased in Intensity
- Children Caused to Pass Through
- Christ As Judge
- Christ Shall Appear In
- Consumes the Conspirators with Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
- Consuming
- Display of, in the Plagues of Egypt
- Drying
- Enlightening
- Everlasting Fire
- Frequently Employed As an Instrument of Divine Vengeance
- Furnaces of
- God Appeared In
- God's Enemies
- God's Protection
- God's Vengeance
- Heating
- Injury From, to be Made Good by the Person Who Kindled It
- Insatiable
- Judgments
- Kept Alive by Fuel
- Lust
- Melting
- Miracles Connected With: David's Sacrifice
- Miracles Connected With: Elijah's Sacrifice
- Miracles Connected With: Miraculously Descends Upon, and Consumes, Abraham's Sacrifice
- Miracles Connected With: Solomon's Sacrifice, at Dedication of the Temple
- Miraculous in the Burning Bush
- Miraculous: Angel Ascended In
- Miraculous: Consumed the Company of Korah
- Miraculous: Consumed the Sacrifice of Elijah
- Miraculous: Consumed the Sacrifice of Gideon
- Miraculous: Destroyed Nadab and Abihu
- Miraculous: Destroyed the Enemies of Elijah
- Miraculous: Destroyed the People at Taberah
- Miraculous: Elijah Taken up in a Chariot of
- Miraculous: Led the People of Israel in the Desert
- Miraculous: On Mount Sinai at Giving of Law
- Miraculous: Plagued the Egyptians
- Persecution
- Pillar of Fire
- Punishment of the Wicked Shall be In
- Purifying
- Sacred: All Burn offerings Consumed By
- Sacred: Always Burning on the Altar
- Sacred: Came from Before the Lord
- Sacred: Guilt of Burning Incense Without
- Sacred: Incense Burned With
- Sacred: Restored to the Temple
- Spiritual Power
- Spreading
- The Captains of Fifties
- The Church Destroying Her Enemies
- The Holy Spirit
- The Hope of Hypocrites
- The Self-Righteous
- The Tongue
- The Word of God
- Things Connected With: Ashes
- Things Connected With: Burning Coals
- Things Connected With: Flame
- Things Connected With: Smoke
- Things Connected With: Sparks
- Though Small, Kindles a Great Matter
- Torture By
- Wickedness
- Zeal of Angels
- Zeal of Saints
A Symbol in the Burning Bush
- Exodus 3:2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.
A Symbol of God's Presence
- Genesis 15:17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
A Symbol: On Sinai
- Exodus 19:18 Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
A Symbol: Tongues of, on the Apostles
- Acts 2:3 They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
Affliction
- Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
At Elijah's Translation
- 2 Kings 2:11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
Bright
- Ezekiel 1:13 In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.
Can be Increased in Intensity
- Daniel 3:19 At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,
- Daniel 3:22 The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the fiery flames killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
Children Caused to Pass Through
- 2 Kings 16:3 Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
- 2 Kings 17:17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
Christ As Judge
- Isaiah 10:17 And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
- Malachi 3:2 But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
Christ Shall Appear In
- Daniel 7:10 A 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.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8 in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Consumes the Conspirators with Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
- Numbers 16:35 And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
Consuming
- Judges 15:4–5 Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails. …
- Psalm 46:9 He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
- Isaiah 10:16–17 Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame. …
Display of, in the Plagues of Egypt
- Exodus 9:24 The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.
Drying
Enlightening
- Psalm 78:14 He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
- Psalm 105:39 He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
Everlasting Fire
- Isaiah 33:14 The 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?”
- Matthew 18:8 If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
- Matthew 25:41 Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Mark 9:44
Frequently Employed As an Instrument of Divine Vengeance
- Psalm 97:3 Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.
- Isaiah 47:14 Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.
- Isaiah 66:16 For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.
Furnaces of
- Daniel 3:6 And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”
God Appeared In
- Exodus 3:2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.
- Exodus 19:18 Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
God's Enemies
- Isaiah 10:17 And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
- Obadiah 18 Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble — Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” …
God's Protection
- Numbers 9:16 It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.
- Zechariah 2:5 For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
God's Vengeance
- Deuteronomy 4:24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
- Hebrews 12:29 “For our God is a consuming fire.”
Heating
- Mark 14:54 Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the officers and warmed himself by the fire.
Injury From, to be Made Good by the Person Who Kindled It
- Exodus 22:6 If a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.
Insatiable
- Proverbs 30:16 Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’
Judgments
- Deuteronomy 4:24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
- Deuteronomy 32:22 For 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.
- Isaiah 33:14 The 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?”
- Jeremiah 23:29 “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
- Amos 1:4 So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.
- Amos 1:7 So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.
- Amos 1:10 So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”
- Amos 1:12 So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”
- Amos 1:14 So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.
- Amos 2:2 So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.
- Malachi 3:2 But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
- Luke 12:49 I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
- Revelation 20:9 And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
Kept Alive by Fuel
- Proverbs 26:20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
- Isaiah 9:5 For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
Lust
- Proverbs 6:27–28 Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? …
Melting
- Psalm 68:2 As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
- Isaiah 64:2 as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
Miracles Connected With: David's Sacrifice
- 1 Chronicles 21:26 And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
Miracles Connected With: Elijah's Sacrifice
- 1 Kings 18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.
Miracles Connected With: Miraculously Descends Upon, and Consumes, Abraham's Sacrifice
- Genesis 15:17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
Miracles Connected With: Solomon's Sacrifice, at Dedication of the Temple
- 2 Chronicles 7:1 When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
Miraculous in the Burning Bush
- Exodus 3:2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.
Miraculous: Angel Ascended In
- Judges 13:20 When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.
Miraculous: Consumed the Company of Korah
- Numbers 16:35 And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
Miraculous: Consumed the Sacrifice of Elijah
- 1 Kings 18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.
Miraculous: Consumed the Sacrifice of Gideon
- Judges 6:21 Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD …
Miraculous: Destroyed Nadab and Abihu
- Leviticus 10:2 So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.
Miraculous: Destroyed the Enemies of Elijah
- 2 Kings 1:10 Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
- 2 Kings 1:12 Again Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
Miraculous: Destroyed the People at Taberah
- Numbers 11:1 Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.
Miraculous: Elijah Taken up in a Chariot of
- 2 Kings 2:11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
Miraculous: Led the People of Israel in the Desert
- Exodus 13:22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.
- Exodus 40:38 For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.
Miraculous: On Mount Sinai at Giving of Law
- Deuteronomy 4:11 You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
- Deuteronomy 4:37 Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,
Miraculous: Plagued the Egyptians
- Exodus 9:23–24 So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt. …
Persecution
- Luke 12:49–53 I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! …
Pillar of Fire
- Exodus 13:21–22 And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night. …
- Exodus 14:19 And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
- Exodus 14:24 At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
- Exodus 40:38 For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.
- Numbers 9:15–23 On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning. …
Punishment of the Wicked Shall be In
- Matthew 13:42 And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 25:41 Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Purifying
- Numbers 31:23 everything that can withstand the fire— must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water.
- 1 Peter 1:7 so that the proven character of your faith — more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire — may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- Revelation 3:18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
Sacred: All Burn offerings Consumed By
- Leviticus 6:9 “Command Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth of the altar all night, until morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar.
- Leviticus 6:12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.
Sacred: Always Burning on the Altar
- Leviticus 6:13 The fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished.
Sacred: Came from Before the Lord
- Leviticus 9:24 Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.
Sacred: Guilt of Burning Incense Without
- Leviticus 10:1 Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
Sacred: Incense Burned With
- Leviticus 16:12 Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
- Numbers 16:46 Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
Sacred: Restored to the Temple
- 2 Chronicles 7:1–3 When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. …
Spiritual Power
- Psalm 104:4 He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
- Jeremiah 20:9 If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
- Matthew 3:11 I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
- Luke 3:16 John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Spreading
- James 3:5 In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
The Captains of Fifties
- 2 Kings 1:9–12 Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’” …
The Church Destroying Her Enemies
- Obadiah 18 Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble — Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” …
The Holy Spirit
- Isaiah 4:4 when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
- Acts 2:3 They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
The Hope of Hypocrites
- Isaiah 50:11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This is what you will receive from My hand: You will lie down in a place of torment.
The Self-Righteous
- Isaiah 65:5 They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
The Tongue
- Proverbs 16:27 A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
- James 3:6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
The Word of God
- Jeremiah 5:14 Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
- Jeremiah 23:29 “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
Things Connected With: Ashes
- 1 Kings 13:3 That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”
- 2 Peter 2:6 if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
Things Connected With: Burning Coals
- Proverbs 26:21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Things Connected With: Flame
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
- Isaiah 66:15 For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
Things Connected With: Smoke
- Isaiah 34:10 It will not be quenched— day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
- Joel 2:30 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
Things Connected With: Sparks
- Job 18:5 Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
- Isaiah 1:31 The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.
Though Small, Kindles a Great Matter
- James 3:5 In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
Torture By
- Leviticus 21:9 If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
- Jeremiah 29:22 Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
- Ezekiel 23:25 And I will set My jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your remnant will be …
- Ezekiel 23:47 The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
- Daniel 3:1 King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
Wickedness
- Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke.
Zeal of Angels
- Psalm 104:4 He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
- Hebrews 1:7 Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”
Zeal of Saints
- Psalm 39:3 My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
- Psalm 119:139 My zeal has consumed me because my foes forget Your words.
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.