78 verses contain “Fierce” (in the KJV: 63, in the BSB: 40) — showing 1–78
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Cursed be their anger, for it was
fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and
scatter them in Israel.
Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will
disperse them in Jacob and
scatter them in Israel.
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to
slay them in the mountains, and to
consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy
fierce wrath, and
repent of this evil against thy people.
Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and
wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your
fierce anger and relent from doing
harm to Your people.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and
hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the
fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and
execute them in broad
daylight before the LORD, so that His
fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”
And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’
stead, an increase of sinful men, to
augment yet the
fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
Now behold, you, a
brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further
stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.
And there shall
cleave nought of the
cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the
fierceness of his anger, and
shew thee mercy, and have
compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath
sworn unto thy fathers;
Nothing devoted to destruction shall
cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His
fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you
compassion, and multiply you as He
swore to your fathers,
A nation of
fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor
shew favour to the young:
a
ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no
pity for the young.
And that the whole land thereof is
brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of
Sodom, and
Gomorrah, Admah, and
Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
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.
And they raised over him a great
heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the
fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of
Achor, unto this day.
And they
heaped over
Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of
Achor to this day.
And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was
sore: but they knew not that evil was near them.
Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a
frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was
fierce. But the Benjamites did not
realize that
disaster was upon them.
And there was
sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any
valiant man, he took him unto him.
And the war with the Philistines was
fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or
brave man, Saul would
enlist him.
So
Jonathan arose from the table in
fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was
grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
Jonathan got up from the table in
fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was
grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.
Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.
Because you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you
today.
And I am this day weak, though
anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the
doer of evil according to his wickedness.
And I am weak this day, though
anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too
fierce for me. May the LORD repay the
evildoer according to his evil!”
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the
forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be
smitten, and die.
In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be
chafed in their minds, as a bear
robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not
lodge with the people.
He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as
fierce as a wild bear
robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not
spend the night with the troops.
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye
despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were
fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you
despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah pressed even harder than the men of Israel.
And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too
sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of
Edom: but they could not.
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too
fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred
swordsmen to break through to the king of
Edom, but they could not prevail.
Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the
fierceness of his great wrath,
wherewith his anger was
kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that
Manasseh had
provoked him
withal.
Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the
fury of His burning anger, which was
kindled against Judah because of all that
Manasseh had done to
provoke Him to anger.
Now hear me therefore, and deliver the
captives again, which ye have taken
captive of your brethren: for the
fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.
Now therefore,
listen to me and return the
captives you took from your
kinsmen, for the
fierce anger of the LORD is upon you.”
And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the
captives hither: for whereas we have
offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our
trespass: for our
trespass is great, and there is
fierce wrath against Israel.
“You must not bring the
captives here,” they said, “for you are
proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and
fierce anger is upon Israel.”
Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield
yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath
sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the
fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
Now do not
stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated
forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His
fierce anger will turn away from you.
Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let
everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the
fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”
The
roaring of the lion, and the voice of the
fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
The lion may
roar, and the
fierce lion may
growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a
fierce lion: and again thou shewest
thyself marvellous upon me.
Should I hold my head high, You would
hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
The lion’s whelps have not
trodden it, nor the
fierce lion passed by it.
He swalloweth the ground with
fierceness and
rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the
trumpet.
Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
None is so
fierce that
dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
No one is so
fierce as to
rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my
transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
See how they lie in wait for me.
Fierce men
conspire against me for no
transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
He cast upon them the
fierceness of his anger, wrath, and
indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned
thyself from the
fierceness of thine anger.
You
withheld all Your
fury; You turned from Your burning anger.
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
The
slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most
vehement flame.
Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as
unrelenting as
Sheol. Its sparks are
fiery flames, the
fiercest blaze of all.
And say unto him, Take
heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be
fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the
fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or
disheartened over these two
smoldering stubs of
firewood—over the
fierce anger of Rezin and
Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and
fierce anger, to lay the land
desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with
fury and burning anger— to make the earth a
desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
Therefore I will
shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his
fierce anger.
Therefore I will make the heavens
tremble, and the earth will be
shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou
wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
By warfare and exile You
contended with her and removed her with a
fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.
Thou shalt not see a
fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a
stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
You will no longer see the
insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who
stammer in a language you cannot understand.
Therefore he hath poured upon him the
fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
So He poured out on them His
furious anger and the
fierceness of battle. It
enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
So put on
sackcloth,
mourn and
wail, for the
fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
I
beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his
fierce anger.
I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert. All its cities were
torn down before the LORD, before His
fierce anger.
The
bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not
plucked away.
The
bellows blow
fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not
purged.
They have sown wheat, but shall
reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be
ashamed of your revenues because of the
fierce anger of the LORD.
They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no
avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the
fierce anger of the LORD.”
And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger.
He has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a
desolation by the sword of the
oppressor, and because of the
fierce anger of the LORD.
The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.
For I will cause
Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them even my
fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
So I will
shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring
disaster upon them, even My
fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.
My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.
Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me,
wherewith the LORD hath
afflicted me in the day of his
fierce anger.
Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?
He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in
Zion, and hath
despised in the
indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden
booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made
Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. In His
fierce anger He has
despised both king and priest.
The LORD hath accomplished his
fury; he hath poured out his
fierce anger, and hath
kindled a fire in
Zion, and it hath
devoured the foundations thereof.
The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His
fierce anger; He has
kindled a fire in
Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an
insolent king, skilled in
intrigue, will come to the throne.
I will not
execute the
fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
I will not
execute the full
fury of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man— the Holy One among you— and I will not come in wrath.
Who can tell if God will turn and
repent, and turn away from his
fierce anger, that we perish not?
Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
Who can stand before his
indignation? and who can
abide in the
fierceness of his anger? his
fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more
fierce than the evening
wolves: and their
horsemen shall spread themselves, and their
horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the
chaff, before the
fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD’S anger come upon you.
before the decree takes effect and the day passes like
chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may
assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine
indignation, even all my
fierce anger: for all the earth shall be
devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to
testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to
assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My
indignation— all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
And I am very
sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the
affliction.
but I am
fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little
angry, but they have added to the
calamity.’
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two
demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.
And they were the more
fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all
Jewry, beginning from
Galilee to this place.
But they kept
insisting, “He stirs up the people all over
Judea with His teaching. He began in
Galilee and has come all the way here.”
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of
fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small
helm,
whithersoever the governor listeth.
Consider ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are
steered by a very small
rudder wherever the
pilot is inclined.
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in
remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the
fierceness of his wrath.
The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations
collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the
fury of His wrath.
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should
smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of
Almighty God.
And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron
scepter. He treads the winepress of the
fury of the wrath of God the
Almighty.
And the men therein were given to rebellion and war: and that mighty kings and fierce were in Jerusalem, who reigned and exacted tributes in Celosyria and Phenice.
Then lifting up his countenance that
shone with majesty, he looked very
fiercely upon her: and the queen fell down, and was pale, and
fainted, and bowed herself upon the head of the
maid that went before her.
For thy
Almighty hand, that made the world of matter without form, wanted not means to send among them a multitude of bears or
fierce lions,
For when the
horrible fierceness of beasts came upon these, and they perished with the stings of
crooked serpents, thy wrath
endured not for ever:
Thine
Almighty word
leaped down from heaven out of thy royal throne, as a
fierce man of war into the midst of a land of destruction,
Then the king rising very early marched
fiercely with his host toward Bathzacharias, where his armies made them ready to battle, and sounded the
trumpets.
For there appeared unto them an horse with a terrible rider upon him, and adorned with a very fair covering, and he ran
fiercely, and
smote at
Heliodorus with his forefeet, and it seemed that he that sat upon the horse had complete
harness of gold.
Nevertheless upon the fifth day early twenty young men of Maccabeus’ company, inflamed with anger because of the blasphemies,
assaulted the wall manly, and with a
fierce courage killed all that they met
withal.
Wherefore
Judas with his company, calling upon the great Lord of the world, who without rams or engines of war did cast down
Jericho in the time of Joshua, gave a
fierce assault against the walls,
Maccabeus seeing the coming of the multitude, and the
divers preparations of armour, and the
fierceness of the beasts, stretched out his hands toward heaven, and called upon the Lord that worketh wonders, knowing that victory cometh not by arms, but even as it seemeth good to him, he giveth it to such as are worthy: