Dictionary of Bible Themes
The anger of God is directed against all human sin, disobedience, rebellion and wickedness, which threaten to thwart his purposes for his creation and people.
Isaiah 5:24-25Causes of divine anger
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Disobedience
Numbers 22:22Joshua 7:12 Kings 22:13Psalms 78:21-22
Micah 5:15Zechariah 7:12Mark 3:5Romans 2:5Ephesians 5:5-6Hebrews 3:7-12Isaiah 57:17See also
Sinfulness
1 Kings 8:46; 11:92 Chronicles 19:2; 32:25Ephesians 2:1-3Colossians 3:5-6Numbers 25:3See also
Apostasy and idolatry
Deuteronomy 4:25; 9:8Joshua 22:18; 23:16Judges 2:19-20; 10:6-71 Kings 14:152 Kings 22:17Ezra 9:14Jeremiah 7:17-18Psalms 7:11
The characteristics of God that provoke his anger
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He is a holy God
Joshua 24:19-20Jeremiah 10:10Deuteronomy 6:15See also
He is a jealous God
1 Kings 14:22Psalms 79:5
Ezekiel 16:38Nahum 1:2Psalms 79:6
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He is the universal judge
Ezra 8:22Isaiah 34:2Zephaniah 3:8Psalms 103:8
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He is also compassionate and slow to anger
Exodus 34:6Nehemiah 9:17Psalms 78:38; 86:15
Jonah 4:2Nahum 1:3Deuteronomy 9:8Consequences of divine anger
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Death and destruction
Exodus 15:7; 32:10-11Numbers 11:1-2Job 4:9Isaiah 13:5Jeremiah 32:29Lamentations 2:2See also
Present judgment
Numbers 32:132 Kings 13:3Isaiah 51:20Ezekiel 7:8Habakkuk 3:12Matthew 21:12-13Isaiah 13:9See also
Future judgment
Daniel 8:19Matthew 3:7Romans 2:5Jeremiah 7:29See also
God's rejection of his people
Deuteronomy 31:172 Kings 17:18; 23:25-27Psalms 78:59; 89:38
Lamentations 2:6-7Psalms 30:5
Being saved from the anger of God
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God's anger may be temporary
Psalms 103:9
Isaiah 54:8; 57:16; 60:10Zephaniah 1:18See also
God's anger cannot be averted by human means
Proverbs 11:4Zephaniah 2:3See also
Humility and repentance are required
Genesis 18:30-32Deuteronomy 9:18-192 Chronicles 12:7,12; 30:8Isaiah 64:9Joel 2:13Lamentations 3:22See also
God's anger is averted on account of his love for believers
Hosea 11:9Romans 5:9See also
God's anger is averted on account of the work of Jesus Christ
John 3:361 Thessalonians 1:10; 5:9See also
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