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Deuteronomy 4:24

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For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
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  1. Hebrews 12:29Rank 1 from verse 24
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    29For our God is a consuming fire.

  2. Deuteronomy 9:3Rank 2 from verse 24
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    3Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee.

  3. Nahum 1:6Rank 3 from verse 24
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    6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

  4. Exodus 24:17Rank 4 from verse 24
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    17And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

  5. Isaiah 33:14Rank 5 from verse 24
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    14The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

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Deuteronomy 4:24

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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consuming

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of consume. Sense 1: To destroy, use up, or bring to an end. Sense 2: To waste away or be exhausted.

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fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.

24For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

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25¶ When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:

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