Fire

Appears 515 times in Scripture, 436 times in OT and 79 times in NT

The only times looked at, is when it appears weather connected.

Destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah:
Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Fire appears 24 times in Exodus
God used it in the plagues against Egypt: Exodus 9:23-24
God leads way out of Egypt: Exodus 13:21-22, 14:24
God on mount Sinai: Exodus 19:18, 24:17
Used when God was leading Israel:
Leviticus has 69, Numbers 35, and Deuteronomy 28 references to Fire,
many are just like those in Exodus.
Some interesting references to fire: 2 Samuel 22:9,13,
God aided Elijah in proving who was the real God: 1 Kings 18:24-38, 19:12
Also in 2 Kings 1:10-14

God answers David: 1 Chronicles 21:6
God answers Solomon: 2 Chronicles 7:1-3
Reminding Israel how God lead them: Nehemiah 9:12,19, Psalm 78:14,
Some of the verses where God uses fire in His wrath:
Psalm 11:6, 18:8,12-13, 21:9, 50:3, 105:32, 140:10, 148:8
Isaiah 29:6, 30:27,30, 66:15-16, Jeremiah 4:4, 5:14,
Ezekiel 1:4, and 42 more verses

The rest of the Old Testament has many references of God send fire to punish Sin.
The New Testament has 79 occurrences to fire, most of them are involving future destruction.

Also see Storm

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