Nahum 1:3
The 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.
Cross-reference
Psalm 145:8 also describes God as 'slow to anger,' highlighting His mercy alongside the power mentioned in Nahum.
Revelation 1:7 declares Christ coming with clouds for final judgment, echoing the OT cloud theophany as a typological fulfillment.
Zechariah 9:14 says the Lord will march in whirlwinds of the south, using the same whirlwind imagery for divine intervention in battle.
Habakkuk 3:5-15 expands the storm theophany with pestilence, quaking mountains, and raging waters, similar to the whirlwind and storm here.
Jonah 4:2 quotes this description of God's slowness to anger, but as a complaint about His mercy to enemies.
Joel 2:13 uses the same 'slow to anger' phrase to call for repentance, showing God's readiness to relent.
Isaiah 66:15 depicts God coming in fire with chariots like the whirlwind, echoing the whirlwind and storm imagery of divine judgment here.
Isaiah 19:1 also pictures God riding on a swift cloud to judge Egypt, reinforcing the theophanic cloud imagery of divine judgment.
Psalm 147:5 declares God's power abundant and His understanding infinite, directly resonating with Nahum's 'great in power.'
Exodus 19:16-18 depicts God’s theophany at Sinai with thunder, cloud, and fire — the same storm imagery as Nahum’s whirlwind and clouds.
Psalm 104:3 says God makes clouds his chariot and rides on wind — imagery that underlies Nahum’s 'clouds are the dust of his feet'.
Psalm 103:8 repeats the same 'slow to anger' description — focusing on God's compassion, contrasting with the judgment context here.
Psalm 97:2-5 depicts clouds, thick darkness, and fire before God — matching the theophanic setting in Nahum.
Psalm 50:3 portrays God's coming with devouring fire and a mighty tempest, aligning with Nahum’s storm and power imagery.
Psalm 18:7-15 describes God’s theophany with earthquake, smoke, fire, and dark clouds — a fuller picture of the storm imagery in Nahum.
Job 38:1 has God speaking from the whirlwind, directly matching Nahum’s 'His way is in whirlwind and storm'.
Exodus 34:6 is the source of the phrase 'slow to anger' — here applied to God's power and judgment rather than mercy.
Exodus 34:7 contains the promise that God will not leave the guilty unpunished — directly quoted in this verse as part of God's character.
Nehemiah 9:17 also calls God 'slow to anger' — emphasizing his forgiveness, while here it introduces his certain judgment.
1 Kings 19:11-13 contrasts the storm theophany: God speaks in a still small voice, not in the wind, earthquake, or fire.
Numbers 14:18 repeats the same divine formula — 'slow to anger' and 'by no means clearing the guilty' — grounding Nahum in God's self-revelation.
Deuteronomy 5:22-24 recalls Sinai’s fire and cloud, reinforcing the storm theophany that Nahum uses to describe God’s coming.
Exodus 23:7 states God will not acquit the wicked, directly paralleling the same principle of divine justice expressed here.
Psalm 77:19 says God's way was through the sea with unseen footprints, directly echoing 'his way is in whirlwind and storm'.
Jeremiah 4:13 uses clouds and whirlwind for an invading army, directly mirroring Nahum's depiction of God's coming in storm.
Job 36:29 directly parallels the spreading of clouds and thunder as God's canopy, echoing the whirlwind and storm in Nahum.
In Jeremiah 23:19, the same 'storm of the LORD' imagery is used for divine wrath against the wicked, echoing Nahum's whirlwind and storm.
Job 10:14 echoes the principle that God does not acquit the guilty, though Job applies it to his own suffering.
In Romans 12:19, Paul quotes that vengeance belongs to God, aligning with Nahum's assertion that God will not clear the guilty.
In Ezekiel 1:4, a stormy wind and cloud accompany God's majestic appearance, similar to Nahum's depiction of God's way in whirlwind.
Daniel 7:13 describes the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven, sharing the cloud imagery but in an apocalyptic vision of heavenly enthronement.
Proverbs 1:27 uses storm and whirlwind as metaphors for calamity, similar to Nahum's use of these as God's judgment.
In Zechariah 7:14, God uses a whirlwind to scatter His people, similar to the whirlwind and storm representing His judgment in Nahum.
Matthew 26:64 quotes Daniel 7:13 about the Son of Man coming on clouds, linking cloud imagery to Christ's eschatological coming.
Ephesians 1:19 speaks of the immeasurable greatness of God's power toward believers, echoing the power theme in Nahum.