From Nave’s Topical Bible
Brimstone
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 12Passages listed
- 8Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Fire and, rained upon SodomGenesis 19:24Luke 17:29
- In PalestineDeuteronomy 29:23
- FIGURATIVEJob 18:15Psalms 11:6Isaiah 30:33Ezekiel 38:22Revelation 9:17Revelation 9:18Revelation 14:10Revelation 19:20Revelation 21:8
The passages, in Bible order (12)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 12 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
Commentary on Genesis 19:242 voices
Then the Lord rained upon Sodom, and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
The Lord rained - brimstone and fire from the Lord - As all judgment is committed to the Son of God, many of the primitive fathers and several modern divines have supposed that the words ויהוה vaihovah and מאת יהוה meeth Yehovah imply, Jehovah the Son raining brimstone and fire from Jehovah the Father; and that this place affords no mean proof of the proper Divinity of our blessed Redeemer. It may be so; but though the point is sufficiently established elsewhere, it does not appear to me to be plainly indicated here.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Deuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 29:232 voices
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone and salt, and burning,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
He pretends then that he does not see your future so that he may preserve your self-determination by not foretelling or foreknowing whether you will repent or not. So he says to the prophet, "Speak, perhaps they will repent." You will find numerous other passages where Scripture talks about God "taking on the manners of" man. If you hear of the anger of God and his wrath, do not suppose that anger and wrath are passions of God.
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 18.6.7, 253Patristic
- Job 18:15
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
Commentary on Job 18:151 voice
When he has been taken from his house, the dead man's domestics remain with whom he had society in this life, and as to this he then says, "May the companions of the one who no longer lives," that is, of the dead man who …
Thomas Aquinas· Commentary on Job, 1274Patristic
- Psalms 11:6
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
Commentary on Psalms 11:62 voices
Upon the wicked,.... The wicked one, the man of sin, antichrist, and upon all that worship the beast and his image, on all persecutors, and upon all wicked men in general: he shall rain snares, fire, and brimstone, and an horrible tempest; this will be in hell, as Jarchi observes. The allusion is to the Lord's raining fire and brimstone from heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah, which was an example and emblem of eternal fire; see Gen 19:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
He shall rain snares upon sinners. There is no doubt but that the Lord does this even for the sake of the sinners themselves, so that those who were badly abusing their liberty, being ensnared in the Lord's snares, may walk in the right path as if under his bridle, and may be able to advance through him who says, "I am the way."
Jerome· Homily 60, on Psalm 10 (Alternate Series), 420Patristic
- Isaiah 30:33
For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
Commentary on Isaiah 30:332 voices
(Verse 30 and following) And the Lord will cause the glory of His voice to be heard, and He will show the terror of His arm in the threat of His fury and the devouring flame of fire. He will strike with whirlwind and hailstones. At the voice of the Lord, Assyria will tremble, struck down like a virgin, and there will be a passage firmly established by the rod: which the Lord will cause to rest upon him with timbrels and harps, and in battles He will conquer them in principal places.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
688. For Topheth is prepared. Here he describes the place of punishment. And first, its disposition: Topheth, the valley of the son of Ennom, Gehenna, for the fire for sacrifices was kept there on stones of tufa (Tophis); this is the same as the valley …
Thomas Aquinas· Commentary on Isaiah, 1274Patristic
- Ezekiel 38:22
I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
Commentary on Ezekiel 38:222 voices
And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
(Chapter XXXVIII.) \"And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, set your face against Gog, the land of Magog, the prince of the head (or head of) Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. And you shall say to him: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of the head (or head of) Meshech and Tubal.
Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420Patristic
- Luke 17:29
But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
Commentary on Luke 17:292 voices
Having used the example of the deluge, that no one might expect a future deluge by water, our Lord cites, secondly, the example of Lot, to show the manner of the destruction of the wicked, namely, that the wrath of God would descend upon them by fire from heaven.
Eusebius of Caesarea· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 339Patristic
But the same day Lot went out of Sodom,.... Being plucked and brought from thence by the angels early in the morning; and a fine morning it was; the sun was risen, and shone out upon the earth, as Lot got into Zoar, Gen 19:
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Revelation 9:17
Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
Commentary on Revelation 9:171 voice
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, etc. The malignant spirits, in whose hearts they preside, are clothed with their punishments. For we read that those worshipping the beast are to be tormented with fire and sulfur, …
Bede· Commentary on Revelation, 735Patristic
- Revelation 9:18
A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.
Commentary on Revelation 9:182 voices
"The fire that proceeds with smoke and sulfur from their mouths," through which one third of humankind is killed, signifies those sins that consume the fruits of the heart by means of the poisonous assaults and instigations of the demons. Or the fire signifies the …
Andreas of Caesarea· COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 9:17-19, 614Patristic
And by these three was the third part of men killed,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Revelation 14:10
he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
Commentary on Revelation 14:102 voices
Since the punishment for lustful disorder must be afflictive, because delight is punished through contrary sorrow: and the rational spirit in sinning turns itself to its own good and to what is present and partial, loving it lustfully, and from this despises the divine command …
Bonaventure· Breviloquium, Part 7, 1257Patristic
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Revelation 19:20
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Commentary on Revelation 19:202 voices
Inasmuch, then, as in this world some persons betake themselves to the light, and by faith unite themselves with God, but others shun the light, and separate themselves from God, the Word of God comes preparing a fit habitation for both. For those indeed who are in the light, that they may derive enjoyment from it, and from the good things contained in it; but for those in darkness, that they may partake in its calamities.
Irenaeus· Against Heresies Book V, 202Patristic
And the beast was taken,.... At the first onset, as soon as ever the battle begun, and carried away captive, as it was threatened he should, Rev 13:10 and this by Christ, who will destroy him with the breath of his mouth, and the brightness of his coming, 2Th 2:
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
Commentary on Revelation 21:81 voice
In short, this Apocalypse, in its later passages, has assigned "the infamous and fornicators," as well as "the cowardly, and unbelieving, and murderers, and sorcerers, and idolaters," who have been guilty of any such crime while professing the faith, to "the lake of fire," without any conditional condemnation.
Tertullian· On Modesty, 220Patristic