What does the Bible say about fire?
Fire blazes through the pages of Scripture, revealing God’s holiness, His presence, His omnipotence, His righteous judgment, and His refining touch. I’ve noticed how easily we can shrink God down in our minds, picturing Him as tame or small, when really, His holiness sets Him apart in a way that should leave us speechless. Doesn’t it say in Hebrews that “God is a consuming fire”? That sticks with me, pushing me to rethink who He is and stirring my soul to love Him more. I want my heart to ignite with zeal as I run after Jesus, wholly alive for Him, but if that flame’s dim, I’ve got to ask what’s stealing my devotion. It’s time to turn from whatever’s in the way and press in to know Him deeper today. What’s fueling your pursuit of Him?
Hebrews 12:29 (NIV) – “For our God is a consuming fire.”
Matthew 3:11 (ESV) – “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”
Exodus 3:2 (NKJV) – “And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed.”
Isaiah 43:2 (NASB) – “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, nor will the flame burn you.”
Leviticus 9:24 (KJV) – “And there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.”
Acts 2:3 (NLT) – “Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them.”
Deuteronomy 4:24 (Holman) – “For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.”
Luke 3:16 (NIV) – “John answered them all, ‘I baptize you with water. But one who is 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 fire.'”
Psalm 66:12 (NKJV) – “You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but You brought us out to rich fulfillment.”
1 Corinthians 3:13 (ESV) – “Each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.”
Genesis 19:24 (NASB) – “Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.”
Mark 9:49 (KJV) – “For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.”
Jeremiah 23:29 (NLT) – “Does not my word burn like fire?’ says the Lord. ‘Is it not like a mighty hammer that smashes a rock to pieces?'”
Revelation 20:9 (Holman) – “They came up across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints, the beloved city. Then fire came down from heaven and consumed them.”
Malachi 3:2 (NIV) – “But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.”
Exodus 13:21 (NKJV) – “And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night.”
Job 1:16 (ESV) – “While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, ‘The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.'”
Numbers 11:1 (NASB) – “Now the people became like those who complain of adversity in the hearing of the Lord; and when the Lord heard it, His anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.”
Matthew 25:41 (KJV) – “Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.”
Psalm 104:4 (NLT) – “The winds are your messengers; flames of fire are your servants.”
2 Kings 1:10 (Holman) – “Elijah replied to the captain of fifty, ‘If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.’ Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.”
1 Peter 1:7 (NIV) – “These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.”
Isaiah 66:15 (NKJV) – “For behold, the Lord will come with fire and with His chariots, like a whirlwind, to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire.”
Daniel 3:25 (ESV) – “He answered and said, ‘But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.'”
Leviticus 10:2 (NASB) – “And fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.”
Luke 9:54 (KJV) – “And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?”
Hebrews 1:7 (NLT) – “Regarding the angels, he says, ‘He sends his angels like the winds, his servants like flames of fire.'”
Revelation 21:8 (Holman) – “But the cowards, unbelievers, vile, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars—their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Psalm 39:3 (NIV) – “My heart grew hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue.”
2 Thessalonians 1:8 (NKJV) – “In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Judges 6:21 (ESV) – “Then the angel of the Lord reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes. And fire sprang up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes.”
Exodus 19:18 (NASB) – “Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.”
Matthew 13:42 (KJV) – “And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”
Proverbs 26:20 (NLT) – “Fire goes out without wood, and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.”
Ezekiel 1:4 (Holman) – “I looked, and there was a whirlwind coming from the north, a huge cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it.”
James 3:6 (NIV) – “The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.”
Psalm 97:3 (NKJV) – “A fire goes before Him, and burns up His enemies round about.”
Isaiah 33:14 (ESV) – “The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: ‘Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?'”
Numbers 16:35 (NASB) – “Fire also came forth from the Lord and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.”
John 15:6 (KJV) – “If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.”
Psalm 83:14 (NLT) – “As a fire burns a forest and as a flame sets mountains ablaze.”
Revelation 9:17 (Holman) – “This is how I saw the horses and their riders in the vision: They had breastplates that were fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow. The heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and from their mouths came fire, smoke, and sulfur.”
Proverbs 6:27 (NIV) – “Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?”
1 Kings 18:38 (NKJV) – “Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.”
Job 41:21 (ESV) – “His breath kindles coals, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.”
Deuteronomy 32:22 (NASB) – “For a fire is kindled in My anger, and burns to the lowest part of Sheol, and consumes the earth with its yield, and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.”
Matthew 7:19 (KJV) – “Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.”
Isaiah 10:17 (NLT) – “The Lord, the Light of Israel, will be a fire; the Holy One will be a flame. He will devour the thorns and briers with fire, burning up the enemy in a single day.”
Ezekiel 20:47 (Holman) – “And say to the forest of the South, ‘Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord God says: I am about to ignite a fire in you, and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree in you.’”
2 Peter 3:7 (NIV) – “By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.”
