Nahum 1:2

The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.

Cross References (36)

  • Exodus 20:5 (9)

    You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the

  • Zechariah 8:2 (8)

    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”

  • Exodus 34:14 (7)

    For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

  • Psalms 94:1 (7)

    O LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth.

  • Joshua 24:19 (6)

    But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will n

  • Deuteronomy 4:24 (6)

    For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

  • Isaiah 42:13 (5)

    The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His

  • Ezekiel 39:25 (5)

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole

  • Hebrews 10:30 (5)

    For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”

  • Deuteronomy 32:34–35 (4)

    “Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?

  • Micah 5:15 (4)

    I will take vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations that have not obeyed Me.”

  • Joel 2:18 (4)

    Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.

  • Ezekiel 6:12 (4)

    He who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine.

  • 2 Peter 2:9 (4)

    if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on

  • Job 20:23 (4)

    When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

  • Isaiah 51:17 (4)

    Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drain

  • Leviticus 26:28 (4)

    then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.

  • Ezekiel 38:18 (4)

    Now on that day when Gog comes against the land of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, My wrath will flare up.

  • Jeremiah 4:4 (4)

    Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Othe

  • Deuteronomy 32:41–43 (4)

    when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay t

  • Romans 12:19 (4)

    Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,

  • Isaiah 51:20 (4)

    Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of t

  • Jeremiah 36:7 (3)

    Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the an

  • Zechariah 1:14 (3)

    Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealo

  • Romans 13:4 (3)

    For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is Go

  • Isaiah 66:15 (3)

    For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke

  • Micah 7:18 (3)

    Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does

  • Jeremiah 3:5 (3)

    Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you ca

  • Lamentations 4:11 (3)

    The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed

  • Ezekiel 8:18 (3)

    Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudl

  • Isaiah 59:17–18 (3)

    He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and

  • Jeremiah 25:15 (3)

    This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the

  • Romans 2:5–6 (3)

    But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God

  • Ezekiel 5:13 (3)

    And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath o

  • Isaiah 63:3–6 (3)

    “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them

  • Ezekiel 36:6 (3)

    Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this i