Lexicon :: Strong's H2534 - ḥēmâ

‘They will be wasted by hunger, and consumed by plague

And a bitter destruction;

And I will send the teeth of beasts against them,

With the venom of crawling things of the dust.

“Their wine is the venom of serpents,

And the deadly poison of vipers.

When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves so I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some measure of a remnant [that escapes]; and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak.

After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.

Haman went away that day joyful and in good spirits. But when he saw Mordecai at the king’s gate refusing to stand up or show fear before him, he was filled with rage toward Mordecai.

Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me,

My spirit drinks their poison;

The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

“Then beware and be afraid of the sword [of divine vengeance] for yourselves,

For wrathful are the punishments of that sword,

So that you may know there is judgment.”

“Let his own eyes see his destruction,

And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

“Do not let wrath entice you into scoffing;

And do not let the greatness and the extent of the ransom turn you aside.

To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set [possibly] an octave below. A Psalm of David.

O LORD, do not rebuke or punish me in Your anger,

Nor discipline me in Your wrath.

Cease from anger and abandon wrath;

Do not fret; it leads only to evil.

A Psalm of David; to bring to remembrance.

O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,

Nor discipline me in Your burning anger.

Their poison is like the venom of a serpent;

They are like the deaf horned viper that stops up its ear,

Destroy them in wrath, destroy them so that they may be no more;

Let them know that God rules over Jacob (Israel)

To the ends of the earth. Selah.

For the wrath of man shall praise You;

With a remnant of wrath You will clothe and arm Yourself.

[fn]But He, the source of compassion and lovingkindness, forgave their wickedness and did not destroy them;

Many times He restrained His anger

And did not stir up all His wrath.

Pour out Your wrath on the [Gentile] nations that do not know You,

And on the kingdoms that do not call on Your name.

Your wrath has rested heavily upon me,

And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah.

How long, O LORD?

Will You hide Yourself forever?

Will Your wrath burn like fire?

For we have been consumed by Your anger

And by Your wrath we have been terrified.

Therefore He said He would destroy them,

[And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the gap before Him,

To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s;

Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.

For jealousy enrages the [wronged] husband;

He will not spare [the guilty one] on the day of vengeance.

A soft and gentle and thoughtful answer turns away wrath,

But harsh and painful and careless words stir up anger.

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,

But he who is slow to anger and patient calms disputes.

The wrath of a king is like a messenger of death,

But a wise man will appease it.

A man of great anger will bear the penalty [for his quick temper and lack of self-control];

For if you rescue him [and do not let him learn from the consequences of his action], you will only have to rescue him over and over again.

A gift in secret subdues anger,

And a bribe [hidden] in the pocket, strong wrath.

Do not even associate with a man given to angry outbursts;

Or go [along] with a hot-tempered man,

Wrath is cruel and anger is an overwhelming flood,

But who is able to endure and stand before [the sin of] jealousy?

An angry man stirs up strife,

And a hot-tempered and undisciplined man commits many transgressions.

“I have no wrath.

Should anyone give Me briars and thorns in battle,

I would step on them, I would set them all on fire.