Psalms 34:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 44:11 : 11 So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, my face will be turned against you for evil, for the cutting off of all Judah;
  • Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.
  • Lev 17:10 : 10 And if any man of Israel, or any other living among them, takes any sort of blood for food, my wrath will be turned against that man and he will be cut off from among his people.
  • Amos 9:4 : 4 And though they are taken away as prisoners by their attackers, even there will I give orders to the sword to put them to death: my eyes will be fixed on them for evil and not for good.
  • Job 18:17 : 17 His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.
  • Ps 10:16 : 16 The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are gone from his land.
  • Lev 26:17 : 17 And my face will be turned from you, and you will be broken before those who are against you, and your haters will become your rulers, and you will go in flight when no man comes after you.
  • Eccl 8:10 : 10 And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.
  • Jer 17:13 : 13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who give you up will be put to shame; those who go away from you will be cut off from the earth, because they have given up the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
  • Ezek 14:7-8 : 7 When any one of the men of Israel, or of those from other lands who are living in Israel, who has become strange to me, and takes his false gods into his heart, and puts before his face the sin which is the cause of his fall, comes to the prophet to get directions from me; I the Lord will give him an answer by myself: 8 And my face will be turned against that man, and I will make him a sign and a common saying, cutting him off from among my people; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Pet 3:12
    82%

    12For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

  • Ps 34:14-15
    2 verses
    80%

    14Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

    15The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

  • Ps 109:15
    79%

    15Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.

  • Jer 44:11
    77%

    11So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, my face will be turned against you for evil, for the cutting off of all Judah;

  • Ps 37:9
    74%

    9For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

  • Ps 34:21
    74%

    21Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

  • Job 34:26
    74%

    26The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.

  • Ps 34:17
    73%

    17The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

  • Ps 37:38
    73%

    38But as for the sinners, they will be cut off together; the end of the wrongdoers is destruction.

  • Ps 11:7
    73%

    7For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.

  • Prov 15:3
    73%

    3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

  • Ps 83:16
    73%

    16Let their faces be full of shame; so that they may give honour to your name, O Lord.

  • Lam 3:35-36
    2 verses
    73%

    35In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High.

    36In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.

  • Lam 3:66
    73%

    66You will go after them in wrath, and put an end to them from under the heavens of the Lord.

  • Ps 125:4
    73%

    4Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.

  • Ps 109:20
    72%

    20Let this be the reward given to my haters from the Lord, and to those who say evil of my soul.

  • Prov 2:22
    72%

    22But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

  • Ps 129:4
    72%

    4The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

  • Ps 37:32
    72%

    32The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Prov 11:20
    72%

    20The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

  • Ps 97:10
    72%

    10You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he keeps the souls of his saints; he takes them out of the hand of sinners.

  • Ps 10:15
    72%

    15Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

  • Prov 24:18
    72%

    18For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

  • Prov 15:29
    72%

    29The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.

  • Prov 16:6
    72%

    6By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.

  • Isa 31:2
    72%

    2Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

  • Jer 16:17
    72%

    17For my eyes are on all their ways: there is no cover for them from my face, and their evil-doing is not kept secret from my eyes.

  • Ps 37:22
    72%

    22Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

  • Mic 3:4
    72%

    4Then they will be crying to the Lord for help, but he will not give them an answer: yes, he will keep his face veiled from them at that time, because their acts have been evil.

  • Jer 18:23
    72%

    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.

  • Ps 140:11
    72%

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

  • Ps 37:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

    28For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.

  • Ps 80:16
    72%

    16It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.

  • Ps 69:28
    72%

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

  • Prov 10:29
    72%

    29The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Ps 37:12
    71%

    12The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

  • Ps 54:5
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    5Let the evil works of my haters come back on them again; let them be cut off by your good faith.

  • Ps 94:23
    71%

    23And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.

  • Jer 18:20
    71%

    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.

  • Ps 5:4
    71%

    4For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.

  • Ps 109:13
    71%

    13Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory.

  • Job 20:27
    71%

    27The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

  • Ezek 14:8
    71%

    8And my face will be turned against that man, and I will make him a sign and a common saying, cutting him off from among my people; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

  • Prov 21:29
    71%

    29The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • Prov 8:13
    71%

    13The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

  • Ps 33:18
    71%

    18See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

  • Isa 3:9
    71%

    9Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.