Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Devour’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Devour’ occurs 169 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 37:20 Come, let us kill him and cast him into the old cistern. And let us say: ‘an evil wild beast has devoured him.’ And then it will become apparent what his dreams will do for him.”Genesis 37:20
Genesis 37:33 And when the father acknowledged it, he said: “It is the tunic of my son. An evil wild beast has eaten him; a beast has devoured Joseph.”Genesis 37:33
Genesis 41:4 And they devoured those whose appearance and condition of body was so wonderful. Pharaoh, having been awakened,Genesis 41:4
Genesis 41:20 These devoured and consumed the first,Genesis 41:20
Genesis 41:24 And they devoured the beauty of the first. I explained this dream to the interpreters, and there is no one who can unfold it.”Genesis 41:24
Genesis 44:28 One went out, and you said, “A beast devoured him.” And since then, he has not appeared.Genesis 44:28
Number of the word / term Devour in Genesis: 6
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 7:12 And each one cast down their staffs, and they were turned into serpents. But the staff of Aaron devoured their staffs.Exodus 7:12
Exodus 10:12 Then the Lord said to Moses: “Extend your hand over the land of Egypt, toward the locusts, so that they may rise up over it, and devour every plant which remains from the hail.”Exodus 10:12
Exodus 10:15 And they covered the entire face of the land, laying waste to all things. And the plants of the land were devoured, along with whatever fruits were on the trees, which the hail had left behind. And nothing at all of the greenery remained on the trees or on the plants of the earth in all of Egypt.Exodus 10:15
Exodus 12:9 You shall not consume anything from it raw, nor boiled in water, but only roasted by fire. You shall devour the head with its feet and entrails.Exodus 12:9
Exodus 15:7 And in the multitude of your glory you have put down your adversaries. You sent out your wrath, which devoured them like stubble.Exodus 15:7
Exodus 15:12 You extended your hand, and the earth devoured them.Exodus 15:12
Exodus 35:21 offered the first-fruits to the Lord with a most ready and devout mind, to accomplish the work of the tabernacle of the testimony. Whatever was needed for worship and for the holy vestments,Exodus 35:21
Exodus 35:29 All the men and women offered donations with a devout mind, so that the works might be done which the Lord had ordered by the hand of Moses. All the sons of Israel dedicated voluntary offerings to the Lord.Exodus 35:29
Number of the word / term Devour in Exodus: 8
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 9:24 And, behold, a fire from the Lord devoured the holocaust, and the fat which was on the altar. When the crowd had seen this, they praised the Lord, falling on their faces.Leviticus 9:24
Leviticus 26:16 then I also will do these things to you. I will quickly visit you with destitution, and burning heat, which will waste away your eyes, and consume your lives. In vain will you sow your seed, which will be devoured by your enemies.Leviticus 26:16
Number of the word / term Devour in Leviticus: 2
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 11:1 Meanwhile, there arose a murmur among the people against the Lord, as if they were grief-stricken because of their labors. And when the Lord had heard it, he was angry. And when the fire of the Lord was enflamed against them, it devoured those who were at the extreme end of the camp.Numbers 11:1
Numbers 13:32 And before the sons of Israel they disparaged the land, which they had inspected, saying: “The land, which we viewed, devours its inhabitants. The people, upon whom we gazed, were of lofty stature.Numbers 13:32
Numbers 14:9 Do not choose to be rebellious against the Lord. And do not fear the people of this land, for, like bread, so are we able to devour them. All protection has withdrawn from them. The Lord is with us. Do not be afraid.”Numbers 14:9
Numbers 16:32 And opening its mouth, it devoured them with their tabernacles and their entire substance.Numbers 16:32
Numbers 16:39 Therefore, Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, by which those whom the burning devoured had made an offering, and he formed them into plates, affixing them to the altar,Numbers 16:39
Numbers 21:28 A fire has gone forth from Heshbon, a flame from the town of Sihon, and it has devoured Ar of the Moabites, and the inhabitants of the heights of Arnon.Numbers 21:28
Numbers 23:24 Behold, the people will rise up like a lioness, and lie down like a lion. But they will not lie down until they devour the prey and drink the blood of the slain.”Numbers 23:24
Numbers 24:8 Away from Egypt, God has led him, whose strength is like the rhinoceros. They shall devour the nations that are his enemies, and break their bones, and pierce them with arrows.Numbers 24:8
Numbers 26:10 And the earth, opening its mouth, devoured Korah, with many others dying, when the fire burned two hundred fifty men. And a great miracle was wrought,Numbers 26:10
Number of the word / term Devour in Numbers: 9
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 5:25 Therefore, why should we die, and why should this very great fire devour us? For if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, we will die.Deuteronomy 5:25
Deuteronomy 7:16 You shall devour all the peoples, which the Lord your God will deliver to you. Your eye shall not spare them, neither shall you serve their gods, lest they be your ruin.Deuteronomy 7:16
Deuteronomy 28:38 You will sow much seed upon the ground, but you will harvest little. For the locusts will devour everything.Deuteronomy 28:38
Deuteronomy 28:51 And he will devour the fruit of your cattle, and the fruits of your land, until you have passed away, without leaving behind you wheat, or wine, or oil, or herds of oxen, or flocks of sheep: until he utterly destroys you.Deuteronomy 28:51
Deuteronomy 31:17 And my fury will be enraged against them in that day. And I will abandon them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured. Every evil and affliction will find them, so much so that they will say in that day: ‘Truly, it is because God is not with me that these evils have found me.’Deuteronomy 31:17
Deuteronomy 32:22 A fire has been kindled in my fury, and it will burn even to the deepest Hell, and it will devour the earth with its produce, and it will burn the foundations of the mountains.Deuteronomy 32:22
Deuteronomy 32:24 They will be consumed by famine, and birds with a very bitter bite will devour them. I will send forth the teeth of wild beasts among them, along with the fury of creatures that scurry across the ground, and of serpents.Deuteronomy 32:24
Deuteronomy 32:42 I will inebriate my arrows with blood, and my sword will devour flesh: from the blood of the slain and from the captive, from the exposed head of the enemies.’Deuteronomy 32:42
Number of the word / term Devour in Deuteronomy: 8
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Judges
Judges 9:15 And it responded to them: ‘If truly you would appoint me as king, come and rest under my shadow. But if you are not willing, let fire go forth from the bramble, and let it devour the cedars of Lebanon.’ ”Judges 9:15
Judges 9:20 But if you have acted perversely, may fire go forth from him and consume the inhabitants of Shechem and the town of Millo. And may fire go forth from the men of Shechem and from the town of Millo, and devour Abimelech.”Judges 9:20
Number of the word / term Devour in Judges: 2
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 18:8 Now the battle in that place was dispersed over the face of all the land. And there were many more of the people whom the forest had consumed, than the sword had devoured, on that day.2 Samuel 18:8
2 Samuel 22:9 Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it.2 Samuel 22:9
Number of the word / term Devour in 2 Samuel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 14:11 Those who will have died of Jeroboam in the city, the dogs will devour them. And those who will have died in the field, the birds of the heavens will devour them. For the Lord has spoken.’1 Kings 14:11
1 Kings 18:38 Then the fire of the Lord fell down and devoured the holocaust, and the wood, and the stones, and even the dust, and it absorbed the water that was in the trench.1 Kings 18:38
Number of the word / term Devour in 1 Kings: 2
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 1:10 And responding, Elijah said to the leader of fifty, “If I am a man of God, let fire from heaven descend and devour you and your fifty.” And then fire from heaven descended and devoured him and the fifty who were with him.2 Kings 1:10
2 Kings 1:12 Responding, Elijah said, “If I am a man of God, let fire from heaven descend and devour you and your fifty.” And fire from heaven descended and devoured him and his fifty.2 Kings 1:12
2 Kings 1:14 Behold, fire from heaven descended and devoured the two previous leaders of fifty and the fifties who were with them. But now I beg you to take pity on my life.”2 Kings 1:14
Number of the word / term Devour in 2 Kings: 3
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 7:1 And when Solomon had completed pouring out his prayers, fire descended from heaven, and it devoured the holocausts and the victims. And the majesty of the Lord filled the house.2 Chronicles 7:1
2 Chronicles 7:13 If I close up heaven, so that no rain will fall, or if I order and instruct the locust to devour the land, or if I send a pestilence among my people,2 Chronicles 7:13
2 Chronicles 29:31 And now Hezekiah also added: “You have filled your hands for the Lord. Draw near, and offer victims and praises in the house of the Lord.” Therefore, the entire multitude offered victims and praises and holocausts, with devout intention.2 Chronicles 29:31
Number of the word / term Devour in 2 Chronicles: 3
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Job
Job 8:18 If someone is devoured right beside him, he will deny him and will say: “I do not know you.”Job 8:18
Job 15:34 For the congregation of the hypocrites is fruitless, and fire will devour the tabernacles of those who love to accept money.Job 15:34
Job 18:13 Let it devour the beauty of his skin; let the ancient death consume his arms.Job 18:13
Job 20:15 The riches that he devours, he will vomit up, and from his stomach God will draw them out.Job 20:15
Job 20:26 All darkness has been hidden in his secrecy. A fire that has not been set will devour him; he will be thrown down and forsaken in his tabernacle.Job 20:26
Job 22:20 Has not their haughtiness been cut down, and has not fire devoured the remnants of them?Job 22:20
Job 37:20 Who will explain to him the things that I am saying? Even while a man is still speaking, he will be devoured.Job 37:20
Number of the word / term Devour in Job: 7
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 14:4 Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, who devour my people like a meal of bread?Psalm 14:4
Psalm 21:9 You will make them like an oven of fire, in the time of your presence. The Lord will stir them up with his wrath, and fire will devour them.Psalm 21:9
Psalm 35:25 Do not let them say in their hearts, “Well, well, to our soul.” Neither let them say, “We have devoured him.”Psalm 35:25
Psalm 53:4 Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, who devour my people like a meal of bread?Psalm 53:4
Psalm 78:45 He sent among them the common fly, and it devoured them, and the frog, and it scattered them.Psalm 78:45
Psalm 79:7 For they have devoured Jacob, and they have desolated his place.Psalm 79:7
Psalm 105:35 And it devoured all the grass in their land, and it consumed all the fruit of their land.Psalm 105:35
Number of the word / term Devour in Psalm: 7
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 19:28 An unjust witness ridicules judgment. And the mouth of the impious devours iniquity.Proverbs 19:28
Proverbs 20:25 It is ruin for a man to devour what is holy, or, after making vows, to retract them.Proverbs 20:25
Proverbs 30:14 There is a generation which has swords in place of teeth, and which commands their molars to devour the indigent from the earth and the poor from among men.Proverbs 30:14
Number of the word / term Devour in Proverbs: 3
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 6:2 It is a man to whom God has given wealth, and resources, and honor; and out of all that he desires, nothing is lacking to his life; yet God does not grant him the ability to consume these things, but instead a man who is a stranger will devour them. This is emptiness and a great misfortune.Ecclesiastes 6:2
Number of the word / term Devour in Ecclesiastes: 1
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 1:7 Your land is desolate. Your cities have been set ablaze. Foreigners devour your countryside in your sight, and it will become desolate, as if devastated by enemies.Isaiah 1:7
Isaiah 1:20 But if you are not willing, and you provoke me to anger, then the sword will devour you. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.Isaiah 1:20
Isaiah 5:24 Because of this, as the tongue of fire devours stubble, and as the heat of a flame burns it completely, so will their root become like glowing embers, and so will their offshoot ascend like dust. For they have cast aside the law of the Lord of hosts, and they have blasphemed the eloquence of the Holy One of Israel.Isaiah 5:24
Isaiah 9:12 the Syrians from the east and the Philistines from the west. And they will devour Israel with their whole mouth. After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.Isaiah 9:12
Isaiah 9:18 For impiety has been kindled like a fire: it will devour brier and thorn, and it will burn in the dense forest, and it will be interwoven with the ascending smoke.Isaiah 9:18
Isaiah 10:17 And the light of Israel will be like a fire, and the Holy One of Israel will be like a flame. And his thorns and briers will be set ablaze and devoured, in one day.Isaiah 10:17
Isaiah 24:6 Because of this, a curse will devour the earth, and its inhabitants will sin. And for this reason, its caretakers will become crazed, and few men will be left behind.Isaiah 24:6
Isaiah 26:11 Lord, let your hand be exalted, and let them not see it. May the envious people see and be confounded. And may fire devour your enemies.Isaiah 26:11
Isaiah 28:4 And the falling flower, the glory of his exultation, who is at the summit of the fat valley, will be like a premature fruit before the ripeness of autumn, which, when the onlooker beholds it, as soon he takes it in his hand, he will devour it.Isaiah 28:4
Isaiah 31:8 And Assur will fall by a sword not of man, and a sword not of man will devour him. And he will not flee from the face of the sword, and his young men will be subject to a penalty.Isaiah 31:8
Isaiah 33:11 You will conceive heat. You will give birth to stubble. Your own spirit will devour you like fire.Isaiah 33:11
Isaiah 49:19 For your deserts, and your solitary places, and the land of your ruination will now be too narrow, because of all the inhabitants. And those who devoured you will be chased far away.Isaiah 49:19
Isaiah 50:9 Behold, the Lord God is my helper. Who is the one who would condemn me? Behold, they will all be worn away like a garment; the moth will devour them.Isaiah 50:9
Isaiah 51:8 For the worm will consume them like a garment, and the moth will devour them like wool. But my salvation will be forever, and my justice will be from generation to generation.Isaiah 51:8
Isaiah 56:9 All beasts of the field, all the beasts of the forest: approach and devour!Isaiah 56:9
Number of the word / term Devour in Isaiah: 15
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 2:3 Israel is holy to the Lord, the first of his fruits. All those who devour him commit an offense. Evils will overwhelm them, says the Lord.”Jeremiah 2:3
Jeremiah 2:30 I have struck your children to no effect; they have not accepted discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets. Your generation is like a raging lion.Jeremiah 2:30
Jeremiah 3:24 Confusion has devoured the labor of our fathers, from our youth, with their flocks and their herds, with their sons and their daughters.Jeremiah 3:24
Jeremiah 5:14 Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts: “Since you have spoken this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth like fire and this people like wood, and it will devour them.Jeremiah 5:14
Jeremiah 5:17 And they will consume your grain fields and your bread. They will devour your sons and your daughters. They will consume your flocks and your herds. They will consume your vineyards and your figs. And with the sword, they will crush your fortified cities, in which you have placed your trust.Jeremiah 5:17
Jeremiah 8:16 “From Dan, the snorting of his horses was heard; the entire land was shaken by the voice of the neighing of his fighters. And they arrived and devoured the land and its plenitude, the city and its inhabitants.Jeremiah 8:16
Jeremiah 10:25 Pour out your indignation upon the nations that have not known you, and upon the provinces that have not invoked your name. For they have fed upon Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and they have utterly destroyed his honor.Jeremiah 10:25
Jeremiah 12:9 Is my inheritance to me like a discolored bird? Is it like a bird that has entirely changed color? Approach and assemble, all beasts of the earth! Hurry, so that you may devour!Jeremiah 12:9
Jeremiah 12:12 The devastators have arrived, over all the ways of the wilderness. For the sword of the Lord will devour, from one end of the earth even to its furthest limits. There is no peace for all that is flesh.Jeremiah 12:12
Jeremiah 15:3 And I will visit against them in four ways, says the Lord: by the sword, to kill; and by dogs, to tear apart; and by the birds of the air and by the beasts of the earth, to devour and to scatter.Jeremiah 15:3
Jeremiah 17:27 But if you will not listen to me, to sanctify the day of the Sabbath, and not to carry burdens, and not to bring these things through the gates of Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath, then I will kindle a fire at its gates, and it will devour the houses of Jerusalem, and it will not be extinguished.”Jeremiah 17:27
Jeremiah 21:14 But I will visit against you according to the fruit of your intentions, says the Lord. And I will kindle a fire in its forest. And it shall devour everything around it.”Jeremiah 21:14
Jeremiah 30:16 Because of this, all those who devour you, will be devoured. And all your enemies will be led into captivity. And those who devastate you, will be devastated. And all those who prey upon you, I will offer as a prey.Jeremiah 30:16
Jeremiah 46:10 For this is the day of the Lord, the God of hosts, a day of vengeance, so that he may vindicate himself of his enemies. The sword will devour, and be satiated, and be inebriated with their blood. For there is a victim of the Lord, the God of hosts, in the land of the north, beside the river Euphrates.Jeremiah 46:10
Jeremiah 46:14 “Announce it to Egypt, and make it heard in Migdol, and let it resonate in Memphis and in Tahpanhes. Say this: Stand and prepare yourself! For the sword will devour everything around you.Jeremiah 46:14
Jeremiah 48:45 Those fleeing from the snare stood in the shadow of Heshbon. For a fire has gone forth from Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and it will devour the portion of Moab, and the top of the head of the sons of tumult.Jeremiah 48:45
Jeremiah 49:27 And I will kindle a fire at the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the defensive walls of Ben-hadad.”Jeremiah 49:27
Jeremiah 50:7 All whom they have found, they have devoured. And their enemies have said: ‘We have not sinned. For it is they who have sinned against the Lord, the beauty of justice, and against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.’Jeremiah 50:7
Jeremiah 50:17 Israel is a scattered flock. The lions have driven him away. First, the king of Assyria devoured him. And last, this Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has taken away his bones.Jeremiah 50:17
Jeremiah 50:32 And the proud one will fall and be ruined. And there will be no one who may lift him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour everything around him.”Jeremiah 50:32
Jeremiah 51:30 The strong ones of Babylon have ceased to do battle. They have lived in fortresses. Their health has been devoured, and they have become like women. Her tabernacles have been set ablaze; her bars have been broken.Jeremiah 51:30
Jeremiah 51:34 “Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has consumed me, has devoured me. He has made me like an empty vessel. He has swallowed me like a dragon. He has filled his belly with my tender ones, and he has cast me out.Jeremiah 51:34
Number of the word / term Devour in Jeremiah: 22
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 2:16 PHE. All your enemies have opened their mouth over you. They have hissed and gnashed their teeth, and they said: “We will devour her. Yes, this is the day we waited for. We have found it, we have seen it.”Lamentations 2:16
Lamentations 4:11 CAPH. The Lord has completed his fury; he has poured out the wrath of his indignation. And he has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has devoured its foundations.Lamentations 4:11
Number of the word / term Devour in Lamentations: 2
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 7:15 The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine are inside. Whoever is in the field will die by the sword. And whoever is in the city will be devoured by the pestilence and the famine.Ezekiel 7:15
Ezekiel 15:5 Even when it was whole, it was unsuitable for a work. How much more so, when fire has devoured it and burned it up, will nothing of it be useful?Ezekiel 15:5
Ezekiel 15:6 Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Like the stalk of the vine among the trees of the forests, which I have given to be devoured by fire, so will I deliver the inhabitants of Jerusalem.Ezekiel 15:6
Ezekiel 16:20 And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore for me, and you immolated them to be devoured. Is your fornication a small matter?Ezekiel 16:20
Ezekiel 19:6 And he advanced among the lions, and he became a lion. And he learned to seize prey and to devour men.Ezekiel 19:6
Ezekiel 22:25 There is a conspiracy of prophets in her midst. Like a lion, roaring and seizing the prey, they have devoured souls. They have taken riches and a price. They have multiplied widows in her midst.Ezekiel 22:25
Ezekiel 23:25 And against you, I will set my zeal, which they will execute upon you with fury. They will cut off your nose and your ears. And what remains will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and your daughters, and your youngest will be devoured by fire.Ezekiel 23:25
Ezekiel 23:37 For they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands, and they have fornicated with their idols. Moreover, they have offered even their children, whom they bore for me, to them to be devoured.Ezekiel 23:37
Ezekiel 29:5 And I will cast you into the desert, with all the fish of your river. You will fall upon the surface of the earth; you will not be taken up, nor gathered together. I have given you to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the air, to be devoured.Ezekiel 29:5
Ezekiel 33:27 You shall say these things to them: So says the Lord God: As I live, those who live in ruinous ways will fall by the sword. And whoever is in the field will be delivered over to wild beasts to be devoured. But those who are in fortresses and in caves will die of the pestilence.Ezekiel 33:27
Ezekiel 34:5 And my sheep were scattered, because there was no shepherd. And they became devoured by all the wild beasts of the field, and they were dispersed.Ezekiel 34:5
Ezekiel 34:8 As I live, says the Lord God, since my flocks have become a prey, and my sheep have been devoured by all the wild beasts of the field, since there was no shepherd, for my shepherds did not seek my flock, but instead the shepherds fed themselves, and they did not feed my flocks:Ezekiel 34:8
Ezekiel 34:28 And they will no longer be a prey to the Gentiles, nor will the wild beasts of the earth devour them. Instead, they will live in confidence without any terror.Ezekiel 34:28
Ezekiel 35:12 And you shall know that I, the Lord, have heard all your disgraces, which you have spoken about the mountains of Israel, saying: ‘They are deserted. They have been given to us to devour.’Ezekiel 35:12
Ezekiel 36:13 Thus says the Lord God: Because they are saying about you, ‘You are a woman who devours men, and you are strangling your own nation,’Ezekiel 36:13
Ezekiel 39:4 You will fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your companies, and your peoples who are with you. I have given you over to the wild animals, to the birds, and to every flying thing, and to the beasts of the earth, in order to be devoured.Ezekiel 39:4
Number of the word / term Devour in Ezekiel: 16
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 7:5 And behold, another beast, like a bear, stood to one side, and there were three rows in its mouth and in its teeth, and they spoke to it in this way: “Arise, devour much flesh.”Daniel 7:5
Daniel 7:19 After this, I wanted to learn diligently about the fourth beast, which was very different from all, and exceedingly terrible; his teeth and claws were of iron; he devoured and crushed, and the remainder he trampled with his feet;Daniel 7:19
Daniel 7:23 And thus he said, “The fourth beast will be the fourth kingdom on earth, which will be greater than all the kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth, and will trample and crush it.Daniel 7:23
Number of the word / term Devour in Daniel: 3
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 2:12 And I will corrupt her vines and her fig trees, about which she said, ‘These rewards, they are mine, my lovers have given them to me.’ And I will place her in a narrow forest, and the beasts of the field will devour her.Hosea 2:12
Hosea 4:8 They will devour the sins of my people, and they will lift up their souls towards their iniquity.Hosea 4:8
Hosea 5:7 They have sinned against the Lord. For they have conceived sons that are strangers. Now one month will devour them with all their own.Hosea 5:7
Hosea 7:7 They have all become hot like an oven, and they have devoured their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one who calls to me among them.Hosea 7:7
Hosea 7:9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he did not know it. And grey hairs also have spread across him, and he is ignorant of it.Hosea 7:9
Hosea 8:8 Israel has been devoured. Now, among the nations, it has become like an unclean vessel.Hosea 8:8
Hosea 8:14 And Israel has forgotten his Maker and has built shrines. And Judah has increased its fortified cities. And I will send fire upon his cities, and it will devour its structures.Hosea 8:14
Hosea 11:6 The sword has begun in his cities, and it will consume his elect and devour their heads.Hosea 11:6
Hosea 13:8 I will run to meet them like a bear that has been robbed of her young, and I will split open the middle of their liver. And I will devour them there like a lion; the beast of the field will tear them apart.Hosea 13:8
Number of the word / term Devour in Hosea: 9
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Joel
Joel 1:19 To you, O Lord, I will cry out, because fire has devoured the beauty of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the countryside.Joel 1:19
Joel 1:20 Yes, and even the beasts of the field have gazed up at you, like the dry ground thirsting for rain, because the fountains of waters have dried up, and fire has devoured the beauty of the wilderness.Joel 1:20
Number of the word / term Devour in Joel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Amos
Amos 1:4 And I will send fire onto the house of Hazael, and it will devour the houses of Ben-hadad.Amos 1:4
Amos 1:7 And I will send a fire onto the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its buildings.Amos 1:7
Amos 1:10 And I will send a fire onto the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its buildings.Amos 1:10
Amos 1:12 I will send a fire onto Teman, and it will devour the buildings of Bozrah.Amos 1:12
Amos 1:14 And I will ignite a fire on the wall of Rabbah. And it will devour its buildings, with wailing on the day of war, and with a whirlwind on the day of commotion.Amos 1:14
Amos 2:2 And I will send a fire onto Moab, and it will devour the buildings of Kerioth. And Moab will die with a noise, with the blare of a trumpet.Amos 2:2
Amos 2:5 And I will send a fire onto Judah, and it will devour the buildings of Jerusalem.Amos 2:5
Amos 5:6 Seek the Lord and live. Otherwise, the house of Joseph may be destroyed with fire, and it will devour, and there will be no one who can extinguish Bethel.Amos 5:6
Amos 6:4 You sleep on beds of ivory, and you are lustful on your couches. You devour lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the herd.Amos 6:4
Amos 7:4 These things the Lord God has revealed to me. And behold, the Lord God called for judgment unto fire, and it devoured the manifold abyss, and it consumed simultaneously in every direction.Amos 7:4
Number of the word / term Devour in Amos: 10
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Obadiah
Obadiah 1:18 And the house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble. And they will be set on fire among them, and they will devour them. And there will be no remnant of the house of Esau, for the Lord has spoken.Obadiah 1:18
Number of the word / term Devour in Obadiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Micah
Micah 3:3 They have devoured the flesh of my people, and have stripped their skin from over them, and they have shattered and chopped their bones, as if for the kettle, and like flesh in the middle of the pot.Micah 3:3
Number of the word / term Devour in Micah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Nahum
Nahum 2:13 Behold, I will come to you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will burn your chariots even to smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. And I will exterminate your prey from the land, and the voice of your messengers shall no longer be heard.Nahum 2:13
Nahum 3:12 All your fortresses will be like fig trees with their green figs. If they are shaken violently, they will fall into the mouth of the one who devours.Nahum 3:12
Nahum 3:13 Behold, women are at the center of your people. The gates of your land will be opened wide for your enemies; fire will devour your bars.Nahum 3:13
Nahum 3:15 There, fire will devour you. You will perish by the sword; it will devour you like the beetle. Gather together like the beetle. Multiply like the locust.Nahum 3:15
Number of the word / term Devour in Nahum: 4
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Habakkuk
Habakkuk 1:8 Their horses are more nimble than leopards and swifter than wolves in the evening; their horsemen will spread out. And then their horsemen will approach from far away; they will fly like the eagle, hurrying to devour.Habakkuk 1:8
Habakkuk 3:14 You have cursed his scepters, the head of his warriors, those who approached like a whirlwind so as to scatter me. Their exultation was like one who devours the poor in secret.Habakkuk 3:14
Number of the word / term Devour in Habakkuk: 2
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Zephaniah
Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver, nor their gold, will be able to free them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. All the land will be devoured in the fire of his zeal, for with all speed, he will bring to consummation every inhabitant of the land.Zephaniah 1:18
Zephaniah 3:8 Because of this, expect me, says the Lord, in the day of my resurrection in the future, for my judgment is to gather together the Gentiles, and to collect the kingdoms, and to pour out over them my indignation, all the fury of my anger. For by the fire of my zeal, all the earth will be devoured.Zephaniah 3:8
Number of the word / term Devour in Zephaniah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Zechariah
Zechariah 9:4 Behold, the Lord will possess her, and he will strike her strength in the sea, and she will be devoured by fire.Zechariah 9:4
Zechariah 9:15 The Lord of hosts will protect them. And they will devour and subdue with the stones of the sling. And, when drinking, they will become inebriated, as if with wine, and they will be filled like bowls and like the horns of the altar.Zechariah 9:15
Zechariah 11:9 And I said: I will not pasture you. Whatever dies, let it die. And whatever is cut down, let it be cut down. And let the rest of them devour, each one the flesh of his neighbor.Zechariah 11:9
Zechariah 12:6 In that day, I will set the governors of Judah like a flaming furnace among wood, and like a flaming torch among hay. And they will devour, to the right and to the left, all the surrounding peoples. And Jerusalem will be inhabited again, in her own place, in Jerusalem.Zechariah 12:6
Number of the word / term Devour in Zechariah: 4
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Malachi
Malachi 1:12 And you have polluted it, in that you say, “The table of the Lord has been contaminated; and that which is placed upon it is contemptible, compared with the fire that devours it.”Malachi 1:12
Number of the word / term Devour in Malachi: 1
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Mark
Mark 12:40 who devour the houses of widows under the pretense of long prayers. These shall receive the more extensive judgment.”Mark 12:40
Number of the word / term Devour in Mark: 1
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Luke
Luke 8:5 “The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell beside the way; and it was trampled and the birds of the air devoured it.Luke 8:5
Luke 15:30 Yet after this son of yours returned, who has devoured his substance with loose women, you have killed the fatted calf for him.’Luke 15:30
Luke 20:47 who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayers. These will receive the greater damnation.”Luke 20:47
Number of the word / term Devour in Luke: 3
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Acts
Acts 10:2 a devout man, fearing God with all his house, giving many alms to the people, and praying to God continually.Acts 10:2
Acts 13:50 But the Jews incited some devout and honest women, and the leaders of the city. And they stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas. And they drove them away from their parts.Acts 13:50
Number of the word / term Devour in Acts: 2
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 11:20 For you permit it when someone guides you into servitude, even if he devours you, even if he takes from you, even if he is extolled, even if he strikes you repeatedly on the face.2 Corinthians 11:20
Number of the word / term Devour in 2 Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 5:15 But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not consumed by one another!Galatians 5:15
Number of the word / term Devour in Galatians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book 1 Peter
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober and vigilant. For your adversary, the devil, is like a roaring lion, traveling around and seeking those whom he might devour.1 Peter 5:8
Number of the word / term Devour in 1 Peter: 1
Bible passages with ‘Devour’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 11:5 And if anyone will want to harm them, fire shall go forth from their mouths, and it shall devour their enemies. And if anyone will want to wound them, so must he be slain.Revelation 11:5
Revelation 12:4 And his tail drew down a third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman, who was about to give birth, so that, when she had brought forth, he might devour her son.Revelation 12:4
Revelation 20:9 And fire from God descended from heaven and devoured them. And the devil, who seduced them, was cast into the pool of fire and sulphur,Revelation 20:9
Number of the word / term ‘Devour’ in Revelation: 3
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 169
