Malachi 4:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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Job 40:12 : 12 Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
Isa 26:6 : 6 The foot shall tread it down; even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
Mic 5:8 : 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
Mic 7:10 : 10 Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall see [my desire] upon her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
Zech 10:5 : 5 And they shall be as mighty men, treading down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
Mal 3:17 : 17 And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, [even] mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Rom 16:20 : 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet {G1722} shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become [the kingdom] of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Rev 14:20 : 20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and there came out blood from the winepress, even unto the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
Isa 63:3-6 : 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. 5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my wrath, it upheld me. 6 And I trod down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.
Ezek 28:18 : 18 By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your traffic, you have profaned your sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of you; it has devoured you, and I have turned you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold you.
Dan 7:18 : 18 But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
Dan 7:27 : 27 And the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Ps 91:13 : 13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under foot.
Isa 25:10 : 10 For in this mountain will the hand of Jehovah rest; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.
Gen 3:15 : 15 and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Josh 10:24-25 : 24 And it came to pass, when they brought forth those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the chiefs of the men of war that went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. 25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage: for thus shall Jehovah do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.
2 Sam 22:43 : 43 Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Mal 4:1-2
2 verses
81%
1For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
Mal 4:4
76%
4Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
Isa 5:24
74%
24Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 26:6
73%
6The foot shall tread it down; even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
Mic 1:3-4
2 verses
73%
3For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
4And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
Ps 58:9-10
2 verses
72%
9Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
2 Sam 22:43
72%
43Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.
Isa 33:11-12
2 verses
72%
11Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
12And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
Lam 3:34
71%
34To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
Isa 3:15
71%
15what mean ye that ye crush my people, {H1792} and grind the face of the poor? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
Mic 4:13
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13Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain unto Jehovah, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
Ezek 34:19
71%
19And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
Ps 91:13
71%
13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under foot.
Ps 18:38
71%
38I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.
Nah 1:15
71%
15Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah, perform thy vows; for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
Job 40:12
71%
12Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
1 Sam 2:9
70%
9He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
2 Sam 22:39
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39And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise: Yea, they are fallen under my feet.
Isa 51:23
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23and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee, that have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over.
Mic 7:17
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17They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
Lam 3:66
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66Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.
Isa 4:4
70%
4when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.
Ps 74:3
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3Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.
Obad 1:15
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15For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee; thy dealing shall return upon thine own head.
Isa 13:9
70%
9Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Isa 9:18
70%
18For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
Hab 3:5
70%
5Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.
Mic 3:12
70%
12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Hos 13:3
70%
3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Ps 18:42
70%
42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
Ezek 5:4
70%
4And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
Mal 2:3
70%
3Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and ye shall be taken away with it.
Ps 11:6
70%
6Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Isa 1:28
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28But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.
Mal 3:18
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18Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Zeph 1:9
70%
9And in that day I will punish all those that leap over the threshold, that fill their master's house with violence and deceit.
Amos 5:11
70%
11Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
Isa 14:25
69%
25that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder.
Ps 21:9
69%
9Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.
Zech 10:5
69%
5And they shall be as mighty men, treading down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
Ps 92:7
69%
7When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.
Isa 29:5
69%
5But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly.
Isa 50:11
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11Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that gird yourselves about with firebrands; walk ye in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Amos 5:7
69%
7Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Amos 4:11
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11I have overthrown [cities] among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
Nah 3:15
69%
15There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm; make thyself many as the locust.