Wrath of God

The wrath of God is God's anger against sin and ungodliness, revealed in judgment and in a coming day of wrath, from which believers are delivered through Christ.

Revealed against sin

• Romans 1:18
  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
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• Ephesians 5:6
  Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
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• Colossians 3:6
  For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
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• Psalm 7:11
  God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
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Slow to anger

• Exodus 34:6
  And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
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• Psalm 103:8-9
  ⁸The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. ⁹He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.
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• Nahum 1:2-3
  ²God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.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. ³The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
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Wrath in Israel's history

• Exodus 32:9-10
  ⁹And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people. ¹⁰Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
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• Numbers 11:33
  And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.
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• 2 Kings 22:13
  Go ye, enquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.“Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.”
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The day of wrath

• Zephaniah 1:14-15
  ¹⁴The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.The great Day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter. ¹⁵That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
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• Romans 2:5
  But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
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• Revelation 6:16-17
  ¹⁶And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. ¹⁷For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
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• Revelation 19:15
  And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
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Delivered from wrath

• John 3:36
  He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
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• Romans 5:9
  Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
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• 1 Thessalonians 1:10
  And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
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• 1 Thessalonians 5:9
  For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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See also

• Judgment
• Hell
• Holiness of God
• Atonement
• Mercy

Notes

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