From Nave’s Topical Bible
Fire
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.
- 52Passages listed
- 21Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Used as a signal in warJeremiah 6:1
- Furnaces ofDaniel 3:6
- Children caused to pass through2 Kings 16:32 Kings 17:17
- Miracles connected with
- Miraculously descends upon, and consumes, Abraham's sacrificeGenesis 15:17
- David's sacrifice1 Chronicles 21:26
- Elijah's sacrifice1 Kings 18:38
- Solomon's sacrifice, at dedication of the temple2 Chronicles 7:1
- Display of, in the plagues of EgyptExodus 9:24
- At Elijah's translation2 Kings 2:11
- Consumes the conspirators with Korah, Dathan, and AbiramNumbers 16:35
- The captains of fifties2 Kings 1:9–12
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- Torture byLeviticus 21:9Jeremiah 29:22Ezekiel 23:25Ezekiel 23:47Daniel 3
- Pillar of fireExodus 13:21Exodus 13:22Exodus 14:19Exodus 14:24Exodus 40:38Numbers 9:15–23
- See Cloud, Pillar of
- FIGURATIVE
- Of inspirationIsaiah 6:6Isaiah 6:7
- Spiritual powerPsalms 104:4Jeremiah 20:9Matthew 3:11Luke 3:16
- JudgmentsDeuteronomy 4:24Deuteronomy 32:22Isaiah 33:14Jeremiah 23:29Amos 1:4Amos 1:7Amos 1:10Amos 1:12Amos 1:14Amos 2:2Malachi 3:2Luke 12:49Revelation 20:9
- Of the destruction of the wickedMatthew 13:42Matthew 13:50Matthew 25:41Mark 9:44Revelation 9:2Revelation 21:8
- EVERLASTING FIREIsaiah 33:14Matthew 18:8Matthew 25:41Mark 9:44
- A SYMBOL
- Of God's presenceGenesis 15:17
- In the burning bushExodus 3:2
- On SinaiExodus 19:18
- Tongues of, on the apostlesActs 2:3
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The passages, in Bible order (52)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 15:17
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
Commentary on Genesis 15:171 voice
Notice, brothers, that what is called a fiery torch passing between those pieces is also not said to have touched the turtledove and pigeon. That evening signified the end of the world. Those animals, as we already said, showed a type of all the nations …
Caesarius of Arles· SERMON 82.3, 542Patristic
- Exodus 3:2
There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.
Commentary on Exodus 3:21 voice
When the almighty Lord of the universe began to legislate through the Word and decided to make his power visible to Moses, he sent Moses a divine vision with the appearance of light, in the burning bush. Now a bramble bush is full of thorns. So too when the Word was concluding his legislation and his stay among men as their Lord, again he permitted himself to be crowned with thorns as a mystic symbol.
Clement of Alexandria· The Instructor Book 2, 215Patristic
- Exodus 9:24
The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.
Commentary on Exodus 9:241 voice
"Hail and fire fell" together; neither did the hail extinguish the fire, nor did the fire melt the hail. Rather, it burst into flames in the hail as in a thicket and turned [the hail] as red as iron in the fire, blazing in the …
Ephrem the Syrian· COMMENTARY ON EXODUS 9:3, 373Patristic
- Exodus 13:21
And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
Commentary on Exodus 13:211 voice
It was also fitting that a pillar of fire preceded the Israelites as they progressed through the desert during the night and a pillar of a cloud during the day. There is dread in fire but a gentle soothing quality in the sight of a cloud. "Day" is understood to point toward the life of the righteous and "night" that of the sinner. Hence Paul said to sinners who had been converted, "You were once darkness but are now light in the Lord."
Gregory the Dialogist· Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 21, 604Patristic
- Exodus 13:22
Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.
Commentary on Exodus 13:221 voice
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day,.... It always appeared in the daytime, and was a guide and shelter: nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people; this continued till they came through the wilderness to the borders of the land of Canaan, when they needed it no longer, and then it left them; for when they passed over Jordan the ark went before them, Jos 3:6.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 14:19
And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
Commentary on Exodus 14:191 voice
And the Angel of God which went before the camp of Israel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 14:24
At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
Commentary on Exodus 14:241 voice
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch,.... The Romans divided the night into four watches, so the Hebrews; though some say into three only.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 19:18
Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
Commentary on Exodus 19:181 voice
When about to give the law, the Lord descended in fire and smoke. Through the brilliance of his manifestation he enlightened the humble, and through the murky smoke of error he dimmed the eyes of the proud.
Bede· Commentary on Acts 2, 735Patristic
- Exodus 40:38
For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.
Commentary on Exodus 40:381 voice
For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 21:9
If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
Commentary on Leviticus 21:91 voice
And the daughter of any priest,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Numbers 9:15–23
On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.
Commentary on Numbers 9:15–231 voice
And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Numbers 16:35
And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
Commentary on Numbers 16:351 voice
And that He might increase in them this fear, immediately, by the mouth of offence, the rod of His chastisement was revealed, and after the offence the Chastiser gave them no respite, because their servitude was not worthy of His longsuffering. Above their head the …
Philoxenus of Mabbug· 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 7 -- Second Discourse on the Fear of God, 523Patristic
- Deuteronomy 4:24
For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:241 voice
So the prophets called him a burning fire, because in those three points we see more intensely the majesty of the Godhead. Since to sanctify is of the Godhead, to illuminate is the property of fire and light, and the Godhead is frequently pointed out or seen in the appearance of fire: "For our God is a consuming fire," as Moses said.
Ambrose of Milan· On the Holy Spirit 1.14.140, 397Patristic
- Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:221 voice
For a fire is kindled in mine anger,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 18:38
Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.
Commentary on 1 Kings 18:381 voice
In the time of Elijah, also, fire came down when he challenged the prophets of the heathen to light up the altar without fire. When they could not do so, he poured water three times over his victim, so that the water ran around about the altar; then he cried out, and the fire fell from the Lord from heaven and consumed the burnt offering. You are that victim. Contemplate in silence each single point. The breath of the Holy Spirit descends on you; he seems to burn you when he consumes your sins.
Ambrose of Milan· On the Duties of the Clergy 3.18.106-7, 397Patristic
- 2 Kings 1:9–12
Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”
Commentary on 2 Kings 1:9–121 voice
Now if you consider well, dearly beloved, you will realize that not only the Jewish people fell through pride, but also those two captains perished from the same weakness. With great pride and arrogance but lacking any humility, the latter came to blessed Elijah and …
Caesarius of Arles· SERMON 125.2, 542Patristic
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