Unit 16

devour

3 occurrences in 3 verses



2 Nephi 19:12, 18,

2 Nephi 20:17



2 Nephi 19:12

The Syrians before and the Philistines behind;

and they shall devour Israel with open mouth.

For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.



2 Nephi 19:18

For wickedness burneth as the fire;

it shall devour the briers and thorns,

and shall kindle in the thickets of the forests,

and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.



2 Nephi 20:17

And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame,

and shall burn and shall devour his thorns and his briers in one day;