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Wrath of God

Num 1:53 Protecting God’s holiness, so that we do not experience His wrath. God has a certain demand and standard for His holiness, and He expects us to follow it, or we will experience His wrath. See also Num 16:46, 18:5, 25:11, Deut 9:7-8,22, Job 42:7

Deut 29:23-28 Sin and a rejection of God brings God’s wrath. Psalm 21:9, 78:21, 79:6, 138:7, Isaiah 34:2, 59:18, Jeremiah 10:25, 23:19 (wrath on the wicked), 25:15, 30:23, 32:31,37, 33:5, 42:18, Ezekiel 25:14, 30:15, 36:6,18, Micah 5:15 (judgment), Nahum 1:2,6, Romans 2:5,8, Romans 12:19 (do not be wrathful but let God repay the evil), 13:4, Ephesians 2:3, 5:6, Colossians 3:6, 1 Thessalonians 2:16, Revelation 6:16-17 (the day of wrath has come), 14:19, 19:15

Josh 9:20 Disobedience of God and forsaking His commandments bring His wrath; generally, wrath against Israel for disobedience. See also Josh 22:20, 1 Sam 28:18, 2 Kings 3:27, 22:13-17, 23:26, 1 Chron 27:24, 2 Chron 19:2, 24:18, 29:8, 32:25, 34:21-25, 36:16, Ezra 5:12, Nehemiah 13:18, Psalm 78:59,62, 106:23,32, Isaiah 51:20, 60:10, 63:3-6, Jeremiah 4:4 (circumcise your heart to avoid wrath), 6:11, 7:20,29, 21:5,12, 36:7, 44:6, Lamentations 2:2-4, 3:1, 4:11, Ezekiel 5:13-15, 6:12, 7:8,12,14,19, 8:18, 9:8, 13:13-15, 14:19, 16:38, 20:8,13,21,33-34, 21:17,31, 22:20-31, 22:31, 23:25, 24:8-13, 38:19, Hosea 5:10, 13:11, Zechariah 7:12, 8:2 (jealousy), 8:14, Luke 21:23, Romans 13:5 (necessary to be in subjection), Hebrews 3:11, 4:3

2 Chron 12:7 Humbling ourselves before God and obeying His commandments stays His wrath. See also 2 Chron 32:26, Ezra 7:23, Psalm 78:38, Jeremiah 18:20, Daniel 9:16 (prayer for mercy)

2 Chron 19:10 Preaching to warn, preaching to convince, prevents God’s wrath.

Psalm 2:12 Wrath for rejecting Christ.

Psalm 6:1 Do not rebuke me when You (God) are angry; temper your rebuke with mercy. Psalm 38:1

Isaiah 48:9 God’s wrath delayed, Hosea 11:9

Zechariah 6:8 God’s wrath appeased through the judgments of people.

Zephaniah 1:18 The end of the earth occurs at the wrath of God.

Matthew 3:7 Flee the wrath to come by repenting, Luke 3:7 (I read these verses to refer to the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple; still, there is wrath to come)

John 3:36 God’s wrath abides on the disobedient.

Romans 1:18 God’s wrath revealed.

Romans 3:5-6 God’s wrath is righteous and just.

Romans 4:15 The law (by extension, God’s law) brings about wrath upon disobedience.

Romans 5:9 Saved from God’s wrath because we are justified by Christ’s blood. “Saved from the wrath of God” implies that the wrath still exists and is not satisfied. It is withheld from the individual under the blood. See the plague of death in Egypt and Matthew 3:7, flee the wrath to come. Romans 9:22 (prepared for destruction at the hand of God’s wrath), 1 Thessalonians 1:10, 5:9, Revelation 11:18 (the wrath to come is judgment), 15:1-16:19 (the earth ends in wrath)

Revelation 14:10 Wrath of God poured out upon the devil.

Generally, wrath of God. Job 14:13, 21:20, Psalm 76:10, 88:7, 89:38,46, 90:7, 102:10, 110:5, Jeremiah 10:10, Habakkuk 3:2,8