Psalms 34:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Jer 44:11 : 11 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the righteous is blessed; But the name of the wicked shall rot.
Lev 17:10 : 10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Amos 9:4 : 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
Job 18:17 : 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
Ps 10:16 : 16 Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.
Lev 26:17 : 17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies: they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
Eccl 8:10 : 10 So I saw the wicked buried, and they came [to the grave]; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.
Jer 17:13 : 13 O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.
Ezek 14:7-8 : 7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that separateth himself from me, and taketh his idols into his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I Jehovah will answer him by myself: 8 and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

1 Pet 3:12
82%
12For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.
Ps 34:14-15
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14Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.
15The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, And his ears are [open] unto their cry.
Ps 109:15
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15Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
Jer 44:11
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11Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
Ps 37:9
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9For evil-doers shall be cut off; But those that wait for Jehovah, they shall inherit the land.
Ps 34:21
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21Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.
Job 34:26
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26He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others;
Ps 34:17
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17[ The righteous] cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of all their troubles.
Ps 37:38
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38As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; The end of the wicked shall be cut off.
Ps 11:7
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7For Jehovah is righteous; He loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face.
Prov 15:3
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3The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.
Ps 83:16
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16Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
Lam 3:35-36
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73%
35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
Lam 3:66
73%
66Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.
Ps 125:4
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4Do good, O Jehovah, unto those that are good, And to them that are upright in their hearts.
Ps 109:20
72%
20This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.
Prov 2:22
72%
22But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.
Ps 129:4
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4Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Ps 37:32
72%
32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.
Prov 11:20
72%
20They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; But such as are perfect in [their] way are his delight.
Ps 97:10
72%
10O ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Ps 10:15
72%
15Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Prov 24:18
72%
18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.
Prov 15:29
72%
29Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Prov 16:6
72%
6By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.
Isa 31:2
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2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
Jer 16:17
72%
17For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.
Ps 37:22
72%
22For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.
Mic 3:4
72%
4Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
Jer 18:23
72%
23Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.
Ps 140:11
72%
11An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Ps 37:27-28
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72%
27Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell for evermore.
28For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Ps 80:16
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16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Ps 69:28
72%
28Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.
Prov 10:29
72%
29The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
Ps 37:12
71%
12The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Ps 54:5
71%
5He will requite the evil unto mine enemies: Destroy thou them in thy truth.
Ps 94:23
71%
23And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.
Jer 18:20
71%
20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
Ps 5:4
71%
4For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.
Ps 109:13
71%
13Let his posterity be cut off; In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Job 20:27
71%
27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.
Ezek 14:8
71%
8and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
Prov 21:29
71%
29A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.
Prov 8:13
71%
13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Ps 33:18
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18Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his lovingkindness;
Isa 3:9
71%
9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.