Psalm 18:12
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
Cross-reference
In Psalm 97:3, fire goes before God — the same theophanic fire that breaks from the clouds in Psalm 18.
In Psalm 97:4, lightnings light up the world — parallel to the brightness before God in Psalm 18.
Psalm 97:2 depicts God surrounded by clouds and darkness, matching the thick clouds of this verse in a theophanic setting.
Exodus 9:23 describes the plague of hail with fire — the same hailstones and fire that appear as God's weapons in this verse.
Exodus 9:24 emphasizes fire flashing within the hail, directly matching the 'coals of fire' and hailstones in this divine judgment scene.
Joshua 10:11 recounts God raining hailstones on Israel's enemies — the same divine weapon of hailstones seen here.
2 Samuel 22:13-15 is the parallel account of this same song, repeating the imagery of brightness, coals, and divine thunder.
In Habakkuk 3:4, brightness like light and rays from God's hand — a theophanic description matching the brightness in Psalm 18.
Revelation 16:21 depicts great hailstones as a final plague of God's wrath, echoing the hailstones of judgment here.
2 Samuel 22:12 is the parallel passage to this psalm, describing God's thick clouds and darkness in nearly identical language.
Ezekiel 10:2 has coals of fire from between the cherubim, directly paralleling the 'coals of fire' in this verse as part of God's presence.
Ezekiel 13:13 mentions great hailstones in God's fury, matching the 'hail stones' of this verse in a judgment context.
Ezekiel 38:22 combines great hailstones, fire, and brimstone in divine judgment, closely mirroring the hail and fire imagery here.
Revelation 8:7 echoes this divine judgment imagery of hail and fire, now as end-time plagues.
Revelation 11:19 also features great hail alongside thunder and lightning, mirroring the theophany here.
Habakkuk 3:5 also depicts God's coming with pestilence and plague, paralleling the destructive elements in this theophany of judgment.