Psalms 140:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 11:6 : 6 On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.
  • Ps 21:9 : 9 You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.
  • Ps 120:4 : 4 Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire.
  • Prov 28:10 : 10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.
  • Prov 28:17 : 17 One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.
  • Dan 3:20-25 : 20 And he gave orders to certain strong men in his army to put cords on Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego and put them into the burning and flaming fire. 21 Then these men had cords put round them as they were, in their coats, their trousers, their hats, and their clothing, and were dropped into the burning and flaming fire. 22 And because the king's order was not to be put on one side, and the heat of the fire was so great, the men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego were burned to death by the flame of the fire. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, with the cords about them, went down into the burning and flaming fire. 24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar, full of fear and wonder, got up quickly, and said to his wise men, Did we not put three men in cords into the fire? and they made answer and said to the king, True, O King. 25 He made answer and said, Look! I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are not damaged; and the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
  • Matt 13:42 : 42 And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
  • Matt 13:50 : 50 And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
  • Rev 16:8-9 : 8 And the fourth let what was in his vessel come out on the sun; and power was given to it that men might be burned with fire. 9 And men were burned with great heat: and they said evil things against the name of the God who has authority over these punishments; and they were not turned from their evil ways to give him glory.
  • Rev 20:15 : 15 And if anyone's name was not in the book of life, he went down into the sea of fire.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.
  • Ps 18:13-14 : 13 The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire. 14 He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.
  • Gen 19:24 : 24 Then the Lord sent fire and flaming smoke raining down from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah.
  • Exod 9:23-24 : 23 And Moses put out his rod to heaven: and the Lord sent thunder, and an ice-storm, and fire running down on the earth; the Lord sent an ice-storm on the land of Egypt. 24 So there was an ice-storm with fire running through it, coming down with great force, such as never was in all the land of Egypt from the time when it became a nation.

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    9As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

  • Ps 5:10
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    10Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority.

  • Ps 69:24-25
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    24Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.

    25Give their houses to destruction, and let there be no one in their tents.

  • Ps 35:6-8
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    6Let their way be dark and full of danger; let them be troubled by the angel of the Lord.

    7For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.

    8Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

  • Ps 55:15
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    15Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

  • Prov 1:12
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    12Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

  • Ps 21:9-10
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    9You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

    10Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

  • Isa 9:18
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    18For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.

  • Ps 120:4
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    4Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire.

  • Ps 69:22
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    22Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.

  • Isa 47:14
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    14Truly, they have become like dry stems, they have been burned in the fire; they are not able to keep themselves safe from the power of the flame: it is not a coal for warming them, or a fire by which a man may be seated.

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    14As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains,

  • Ps 83:17
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    17Let them be overcome and troubled for ever; let them be put to shame and come to destruction;

  • Ps 69:27-28
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    27Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into your righteousness.

    28Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.

  • Rom 11:10
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    10Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.

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    14Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

  • Ps 58:7
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    7Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.

  • Jer 18:22-23
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    22Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.

    23But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.

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    10Let the sinners be taken in the nets which they themselves have put down, while I go free.

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    22For my wrath is a flaming fire, burning to the deep parts of the underworld, burning up the earth with her increase, and firing the deep roots of the mountains.

  • Prov 25:22
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    22For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.

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    6On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

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    25Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.

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    20Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.

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    6They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

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    18And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames.

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    12There the workers of evil have come down: they have been made low, and will not be lifted up.

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    12They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

  • Ps 56:7
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    7By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.

  • Job 31:12
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    12It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.

  • Isa 33:12
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    12And the peoples will be like the burning of chalk: as thorns cut down, which are burned in the fire.

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    27He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

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    10They will be cut off by the sword; they will be food for foxes.

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    20Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire.

  • Nah 1:10
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    10For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.

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    2Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.

  • Jer 17:18
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    18Let them be put to shame who are attacking me, but let me not be shamed; let them be overcome with fear, but let me not be overcome: send on them the day of evil, and put them to destruction twice over.