Lexicon :: Strong's H2534 - ḥēmâ

“and stay with him for a few days until your brother’s anger subsides ​— ​

“I will act with furious hostility toward you; I will also discipline you seven times for your sins.

“Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the Israelites because he was zealous among them with my zeal,[fn] so that I did not destroy the Israelites in my zeal.

“I was afraid of the fierce anger the LORD had directed against you, because he was about to destroy you. But again the LORD listened to me on that occasion.

“All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown, producing nothing, with no plant growing on it, just like the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD demolished in his fierce anger.

“The LORD uprooted them from their land in his anger, rage, and intense wrath, and threw them into another land where they are today.’

“They will be weak from hunger,

ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague;

I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs,

as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust.

Their wine is serpents’ venom,

the deadly poison of cobras.

“if the king’s anger gets stirred up and he asks you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you realize they would shoot from the top of the wall?

“Aren’t Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be clean? ” So he turned and left in a rage.

“Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah about the words in this book that has been found. For great is the LORD’s wrath that is kindled against us because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this book in order to do everything written about us.”

“because they have abandoned me and burned incense to other gods in order to anger me with all the work of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched.’

When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the LORD’s message came to Shemaiah: “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them but will grant them a little deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.

A prophet of the LORD named Oded was there. He went out to meet the army that came to Samaria and said to them, “Look, the LORD God of your ancestors handed them over to you because of his wrath against Judah, but you slaughtered them in a rage that has reached heaven.

“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of the book that was found. For great is the LORD’s wrath that is poured out on us because our ancestors have not kept the word of the LORD in order to do everything written in this book.”

“because they have abandoned me and burned incense to other gods so as to anger me with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.’

But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, until the LORD’s wrath was so stirred up against his people that there was no remedy.

But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command that was delivered by his eunuchs. The king became furious and his anger burned within him.

Some time later, when King Ahasuerus’s rage had cooled down, he remembered Vashti, what she had done, and what was decided against her.

When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him homage, he was filled with rage.

That day Haman left full of joy and in good spirits.[fn] But when Haman saw Mordecai at the King’s Gate, and Mordecai didn’t rise or tremble in fear at his presence, Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.

The king arose in anger and went from where they were drinking wine to the palace garden.[fn] Haman remained to beg Queen Esther for his life because he realized the king was planning something terrible for him.

They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.

Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced[fn] me;

my spirit drinks their poison.

God’s terrors are arrayed against me.

then be afraid of the sword,

because wrath brings punishment by the sword,

so that you may know there is a judgment.

Let his own eyes see his demise;

let him drink from the Almighty’s wrath!

Be careful that no one lures you with riches;[fn]

do not let a large ransom[fn] lead you astray.

LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger;

do not discipline me in your wrath.

Refrain from anger and give up your rage;

do not be agitated ​— ​it can only bring harm.

LORD, do not punish me in your anger

or discipline me in your wrath.

They have venom like the venom of a snake,

like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,

Consume them in fury;

consume them until they are gone.

Then people will know throughout[fn] the earth

that God rules over Jacob.Selah

Even human wrath will praise you;

you will clothe yourself

with the wrath that remains.[fn]

Yet he was compassionate;

he atoned for their iniquity

and did not destroy them.

He often turned his anger aside

and did not unleash[fn] all his wrath.

Pour out your wrath on the nations

that don’t acknowledge you,

on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name,

Your wrath weighs heavily on me;

you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.Selah

How long, LORD? Will you hide forever?

Will your anger keep burning like fire?

For we are consumed by your anger;

we are terrified by your wrath.

So he said he would have destroyed them —

if Moses his chosen one

had not stood before him in the breach

to turn his wrath away from destroying them.

They make their tongues

as sharp as a snake’s bite;

viper’s venom is under their lips.Selah

For jealousy enrages a husband,

and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

A gentle answer turns away anger,

but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,

but one slow to anger calms strife.

A king’s fury is a messenger of death,

but a wise person appeases it.

A person with intense anger bears the penalty;

if you rescue him, you’ll have to do it again.

A secret gift soothes anger,

and a covert bribe, fierce rage.

Don’t make friends with an angry person,[fn]

and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered one,

Fury is cruel, and anger a flood,

but who can withstand jealousy?

An angry person stirs up conflict,

and a hot-tempered one[fn] increases rebellion.

I am not angry.

If only there were thorns and briers for me to battle,

I would trample them

and burn them to the ground.