Anger of God, Wrath of God

David Cox’s Topical Bible Concordance
Character and Nature of God’s Anger





• Is slow Psa. 103:8; Isa. 48:9; Jon. 4:2; Jon. 4:2; Na 1:3.
• Is righteous Psa. 58:10-11; La 1:18; Rom. 2:6,8; 3:5-6; Rev. 16:6-7.
• The justice of, not to be questioned Rom. 9:18,20,22.
• Cannot be resisted Job 9:13; 14:13; Psa. 76:7; Nah. 1:6.
• Aggravated by continual provocation Num. 32:14.
Averting God’s Anger
• Averted by Christ Luk. 2:11,14; Rom. 5:9; 2Co. 5:18-19; Eph. 2:14,17; Col. 1:20; 1Th. 1:10.
• Is averted from them that believe Joh. 3:14-18; Rom. 3:25; 5:1.
• Is averted upon confession of sin and repentance Job 33:27-28; Psa. 106:43-45; Jer. 3:12-13; 18:7-8; 31:18-20; Joe. 2:12-14; Luk. 15:18-20.
• Removal of, should be prayed for Psa. 39:10; 79:5; 80:4; Dan. 9:16; Hab. 3:2.
• Tempered with mercy to saints Psa. 30:5; Isa. 26:20; 54:8; 57:15-16; Jer. 30:11; Mic. 7:11.
Observations about God’s Anger
• Manifested in terrors Exo. 14:24; Psa. 76:6-8; Jer. 10:10; La 2:20-22.
• Manifested in judgments and afflictions Job 21:17; Psa. 78:49-51; 90:7; Isa. 9:19; Jer. 7:20; Eze. 7:19; Heb. 3:17.
• Specially reserved for the day of wrath Zep. 1:14-18; Mat. 25:41; Rom. 2:5,8; 2Th. 1:8; Rev. 6:17; 11:18; 19:15.

• Folly of provoking Jer. 7:19; 1Co. 10:22.
• To be dreaded Psa. 2:12; 76:7; 90:11; Mat. 10:28.
• To be deprecated Exo. 32:11; Psa. 6:1; 38:1; 74:1-2; Isa. 64:9.
• To be born with submission 2Sa. 24:17; La 3:39,43; Mic. 7:9.
• Should lead to repentance Isa. 42:24-25; Jer. 4:8.
• Things that anger God
– Sin, in saints. Psa. 89:30-32; 90:7-9; 99:8; 102:9-10; Isa. 47:6.
– The wicked. Psa. 7:11; 21:8-9; Isa. 3:8; 13:9; Na 1:2-3; Rom. 1:18; 2:8; Eph. 5:6; Col. 3:6.
– Those who forsake him. Ezr. 8:22; Isa. 1:4.
– Unbelief. Psa. 78:21-22; Heb. 3:18-19; Joh. 3:36.
– Impenitence. Psa. 7:12; Pro. 1:30-31; Isa. 9:13-14; Rom. 2:5.
– Apostasy. Heb. 10:26-27.
– Idolatry. Deu. 29:20,27,28; 32:19-20,22; Jos. 23:16; 2Ki. 22:17; Psa. 78:58-59; Jer. 44:3.
– Extreme, against those who oppose the gospel Psa. 2:2-3,5; 1Th. 2:16.
• Exemplified against
– The old world. Gen. 7:21-23.
– Builders of Babel. Gen. 11:8.
– Cities of the plain. Gen. 19:24-25.
– Egyptians. Exo. 7:20; 8:6,16,24; 9:3,9,23; 10:13,22; 12:29; 14:27.
– Israelites. Exo. 32:35; Num. 11:1,33; 14:40-45; 21:6; 25:9; 2Sa. 24:1,15.
– Enemies of Israel. 1Sa. 5:6; 7:10.
– Nadab, &c. Lev. 10:2.
– The Spies. Num. 14:37.

– Korah, &c. Num. 16:31,35.
– Aaron and Miriam. Num. 12:9-10.
– Five Kings. Jos. 10:25.
– Abimelech. Judg. 9:56.
– Men of Bethshemesh. 1Sa. 6:19.
– Saul. 1Sa. 31:6.
– Uzzah. 2Sa. 6:7.
– Saul’s family. 2Sa. 21:1.
– Sennacherib. 2Ki. 19:28,35,37.