1 Kings 19:11

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1 Kings 19:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

10 “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

11 Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

12 After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.

13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

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Exodus 19:20

The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,

Exodus 24:12

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

Exodus 24:18

Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 34:2

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Matthew 17:1

After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

Matthew 17:2

There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.

Matthew 17:3

Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus.

2 Peter 1:17

For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

2 Peter 1:18

And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

Exodus 33:21

The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,

Exodus 33:22

and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

Exodus 33:23

Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”

Exodus 34:6

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Habakkuk 3:4

His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.

Habakkuk 3:5

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Exodus 19:16

On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

Exodus 20:18

When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

Job 38:1

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

Psalms 50:3

Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.

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And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.

Ezekiel 1:4

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Ezekiel 37:7

So I prophesied as I had been commanded. And as I prophesied, there was suddenly a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

Nahum 1:3

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Nahum 1:6

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Hebrews 12:18

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Hebrews 12:19

to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.

Hebrews 12:20

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Hebrews 12:21

The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”

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Matthew 27:52

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Matthew 27:53

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Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

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And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake.