3 Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.
Psalms 97:3
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Psalms 50:2–4
2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. 3 Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him. 4 He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
Habakkuk 3:4–6
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Psalms 18:11–13
11 He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him. 12 From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced— hailstones and coals of fire. 13 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
2 Samuel 22:8–10
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Psalms 18:7–9
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2 Samuel 22:12–14
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2 Esdras 16:8–10
8 The Lord God sends the calamities, and who will drive them away? (WEB) 9 A fire will go out from his wrath, and who may quench it? (WEB) 10 He will flash lightning, and who will not fear? He will thunder, and who wouldn’t tremble? (WEB)
2 Esdras 15:22–24
22 “My right hand won’t spare the sinners, and my sword won’t cease over those who shed innocent blood on the earth. (WEB) 23 A fire has gone out from his wrath and has consumed the foundations of the earth and the sinners, like burnt straw. (WEB) 24 Woe to those who sin and don’t… (WEB)
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