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What the Bible Says About Anger of God, the

Overview

The Bible addresses anger of god, the across 46 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Psalms, Numbers and Zephaniah. Closely related themes include Repentance, Desert, Journey of Israel Through The, Protection and Sin (1). Figures whose stories touch this theme include Moses, Noah and Ham.

Key Bible verses about anger of god, the

Old Testament

Numbers

Numbers 14:40

And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.

Numbers 14:41

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

Numbers 14:42

Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

Numbers 14:43

For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.

Numbers 14:44

But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

Numbers 14:45

Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

Psalms

Psalms 76:6

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

Psalms 76:7

Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

Psalms 76:8

Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

Psalms 78:49

He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

Psalms 78:50

He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; He made: Heb. He weighed a path life: or, beasts to the murrain

Psalms 78:51

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

Psalms 89:30

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;

Psalms 89:31

If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; break: Heb. profane

Psalms 89:32

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

Psalms 90:7

For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

Psalms 90:8

Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

Psalms 90:9

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. passed: Heb. turned away as a: or, as a meditation

Psalms 106:43

Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. brought: or, impoverished, or, weakened

Psalms 106:44

Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:

Psalms 106:45

And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

Zephaniah

Zephaniah 1:14

The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

Zephaniah 1:15

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

Zephaniah 1:16

A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

Zephaniah 1:17

And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

New Testament

People in the Bible and anger of god, the

Biblical figures whose stories intersect with this theme.

In the Bible dictionary

Studying anger of god, the for yourself

  • Begin with Genesis 7:21, then read the passages below in canonical order.
  • Compare how Psalms, Numbers and Zephaniah each treat the theme.
  • Consider the lives of Moses, Noah and Ham and how their stories intersect with it.
  • Widen the study to related themes: Repentance, Desert, Journey of Israel Through The, Protection and Sin (1).

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bible say about anger of god, the?

The Bible addresses anger of god, the across 46 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Psalms, Numbers and Zephaniah. Closely related themes include Repentance, Desert, Journey of Israel Through The, Protection and Sin (1). Figures whose stories touch this theme include Moses, Noah and Ham.

How many Bible verses are about anger of god, the?

The Bible references anger of god, the in 46 verses (King James Version).

Where does the Bible first mention anger of god, the?

In canonical order, the first of these passages is Genesis 7:21: “And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:”

Which people in the Bible are associated with anger of god, the?

Moses, Noah and Ham.

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