Jeremiah 5:14
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14 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts:
“Because you speak this word,
(A)Behold, I will make My words in your mouth fire,
And this people wood,
And it shall devour them.
Jeremiah 1:9
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9 Then the Lord put forth His hand and (A)touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me:
“Behold, I have (B)put My words in your mouth.
Jeremiah 23:29
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29 “Is not My word like a (A)fire?” says the Lord,
“And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
Revelation 11:5-6
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5 And if anyone wants to harm them, (A)fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. (B)And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner. 6 These (C)have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.
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Hosea 6:5
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5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets,
I have slain them by (A)the words of My mouth;
And [a]your judgments are like light that goes forth.
Footnotes
- Hosea 6:5 Or the judgments on you
Zechariah 1:6
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6 Yet surely (A)My words and My statutes,
Which I commanded My servants the prophets,
Did they not overtake your fathers?
“So they returned and said:
(B)‘Just as the Lord of hosts determined to do to us,
According to our ways and according to our deeds,
So He has dealt with us.’ ” ’ ”
2 Kings 1:10-14
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10 So Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, then (A)let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. 11 Then he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty men.
And he answered and said to him: “Man of God, thus has the king said, ‘Come down quickly!’ ”
12 So Elijah answered and said to them, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.
13 Again, he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and [a]fell on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, and said to him: “Man of God, please let my life and the life of these fifty servants of yours (B)be precious in your sight. 14 Look, fire has come down from heaven and burned up the first two captains of fifties with their fifties. But let my life now be precious in your sight.”
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- 2 Kings 1:13 Lit. bowed down
Jeremiah 28:15-17
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15 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Hear now, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, but (A)you make this people trust in a (B)lie. 16 Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will cast you from the face of the earth. This year you shall (C)die, because you have taught (D)rebellion against the Lord.’ ”
17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
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