Numbers 11:1
New Living Translation
The People Complain to Moses
11 Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the Lord heard everything they said. Then the Lord’s anger blazed against them, and he sent a fire to rage among them, and he destroyed some of the people in the outskirts of the camp.
Read full chapter
2 Kings 1:12
New Living Translation
12 Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and destroy you and your fifty men!” And again the fire of God fell from heaven and killed them all.
Read full chapter
Leviticus 10:2
New Living Translation
2 So fire blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and burned them up, and they died there before the Lord.
Read full chapter
1 Corinthians 10:10
New Living Translation
10 And don’t grumble as some of them did, and then were destroyed by the angel of death.
Read full chapter
Psalm 106:18
New Living Translation
18 Fire fell upon their followers;
a flame consumed the wicked.
Psalm 78:21
New Living Translation
21 When the Lord heard them, he was furious.
The fire of his wrath burned against Jacob.
Yes, his anger rose against Israel,
Deuteronomy 9:22
New Living Translation
22 “You also made the Lord angry at Taberah,[a] Massah,[b] and Kibroth-hattaavah.[c]
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 9:22a Taberah means “place of burning.” See Num 11:1-3.
- 9:22b Massah means “place of testing.” See Exod 17:1-7.
- 9:22c Kibroth-hattaavah means “graves of gluttony.” See Num 11:31-34.
Numbers 21:5
New Living Translation
5 and they began to speak against God and Moses. “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in the wilderness?” they complained. “There is nothing to eat here and nothing to drink. And we hate this horrible manna!”
Read full chapter
Numbers 16:35
New Living Translation
35 Then fire blazed forth from the Lord and burned up the 250 men who were offering incense.
Read full chapter
Exodus 17:2-3
New Living Translation
2 So once more the people complained against Moses. “Give us water to drink!” they demanded.
“Quiet!” Moses replied. “Why are you complaining against me? And why are you testing the Lord?”
3 But tormented by thirst, they continued to argue with Moses. “Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Are you trying to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”
Read full chapter
Jude 16
New Living Translation
16 These people are grumblers and complainers, living only to satisfy their desires. They brag loudly about themselves, and they flatter others to get what they want.
Read full chapter
Isaiah 33:14
New Living Translation
14 The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear.
Terror seizes the godless.
“Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry.
“Who can survive this all-consuming fire?”
Isaiah 30:33
New Living Translation
33 Topheth—the place of burning—
has long been ready for the Assyrian king;
the pyre is piled high with wood.
The breath of the Lord, like fire from a volcano,
will set it ablaze.
Job 1:16
New Living Translation
16 While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived with this news: “The fire of God has fallen from heaven and burned up your sheep and all the shepherds. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”
Read full chapter
2 Samuel 11:27
New Living Translation
27 When the period of mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to the palace, and she became one of his wives. Then she gave birth to a son. But the Lord was displeased with what David had done.
Read full chapter
Deuteronomy 32:22
New Living Translation
22 For my anger blazes forth like fire
and burns to the depths of the grave.[a]
It devours the earth and all its crops
and ignites the foundations of the mountains.
Footnotes
- 32:22 Hebrew of Sheol.
Numbers 20:2-5
New Living Translation
2 There was no water for the people to drink at that place, so they rebelled against Moses and Aaron. 3 The people blamed Moses and said, “If only we had died in the Lord’s presence with our brothers! 4 Why have you brought the congregation of the Lord’s people into this wilderness to die, along with all our livestock? 5 Why did you make us leave Egypt and bring us here to this terrible place? This land has no grain, no figs, no grapes, no pomegranates, and no water to drink!”
Read full chapter
Exodus 16:9
New Living Translation
9 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Announce this to the entire community of Israel: ‘Present yourselves before the Lord, for he has heard your complaining.’”
Read full chapter
Exodus 16:7
New Living Translation
7 In the morning you will see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your complaints, which are against him, not against us. What have we done that you should complain about us?”
Read full chapter
Exodus 15:23-24
New Living Translation
23 When they came to the oasis of Marah, the water was too bitter to drink. So they called the place Marah (which means “bitter”).
24 Then the people complained and turned against Moses. “What are we going to drink?” they demanded.
Read full chapter
Genesis 38:10
New Living Translation
10 But the Lord considered it evil for Onan to deny a child to his dead brother. So the Lord took Onan’s life, too.
Read full chapter
Mark 9:43-49
New Living Translation
43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one hand than to go into the unquenchable fires of hell[a] with two hands.[b] 45 If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one foot than to be thrown into hell with two feet.[c] 47 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out. It’s better to enter the Kingdom of God with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48 ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’[d]
49 “For everyone will be tested with fire.[e]
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 9:43a Greek Gehenna; also in 9:45, 47.
- 9:43b Some manuscripts add verse 44, ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’ See 9:48.
- 9:45 Some manuscripts add verse 46, ‘where the maggots never die and the fire never goes out.’ See 9:48.
- 9:48 Isa 66:24.
- 9:49 Greek salted with fire; other manuscripts add and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.
Nahum 1:5
New Living Translation
5 In his presence the mountains quake,
and the hills melt away;
the earth trembles,
and its people are destroyed.
Lamentations 3:39
New Living Translation
39 Then why should we, mere humans, complain
when we are punished for our sins?
Deuteronomy 25:18
New Living Translation
18 They attacked you when you were exhausted and weary, and they struck down those who were straggling behind. They had no fear of God.
Read full chapterHoly Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Bible Gateway Recommends
