Then he warns them in anger and terrifies them with his fury.

and bow down to him; or else his anger will be quickly aroused, and you will suddenly die. Happy are all who go to him for protection.

The Lord is at your right side; when he becomes angry, he will defeat kings.

When John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him to be baptized, he said to them, "You snakes---who told you that you could escape from the punishment God is about to send?

God's anger is revealed from heaven against all the sin and evil of the people whose evil ways prevent the truth from being known.

But you have a hard and stubborn heart, and so you are making your own punishment even greater on the Day when God's anger and righteous judgments will be revealed.

Do not let anyone deceive you with foolish words; it is because of these very things that God's anger will come upon those who do not obey him.

Don't punish me any more! I am about to die from your blows.

who angrily oppressed the peoples and never stopped persecuting the nations they had conquered.

"Mortal man," he said, "with one blow I am going to take away the person you love most. You are not to complain or cry or shed any tears.

In mercy the angel will say, "Release them! They are not to go down to the world of the dead. Here is the ransom to set them free."

We can never redeem ourselves; we cannot pay God the price for our lives,

because the payment for a human life is too great. What we could pay would never be enough

who gave himself to redeem the whole human race. That was the proof at the right time that God wants everyone to be saved,

How, then, shall we escape if we pay no attention to such a great salvation? The Lord himself first announced this salvation, and those who heard him proved to us that it is true.