Psalms 37:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen.

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  • Ps 102:3 : 3 My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire.
  • Ps 68:2 : 2 Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God.
  • Ps 92:9 : 9 For see! your haters, O Lord, will be put to death; all the workers of evil will be put to flight;
  • Deut 33:14-16 : 14 And the good things of the fruits of the sun, and the good things of the growth of the moons, 15 And the chief things of the oldest mountains, and the good things of the eternal hills, 16 The good things of the earth and all its wealth, the good pleasure of him who was seen in the burning tree: may they come on the head of Joseph, on the head of him who was prince among his brothers.
  • Judg 5:31 : 31 So may destruction come on all your haters, O Lord; but let your lovers be like the sun going out in his strength. And for forty years the land had peace.
  • Luke 13:3 : 3 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end.
  • Luke 13:5 : 5 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.
  • Heb 12:29 : 29 For our God is an all-burning fire.
  • 2 Pet 2:12 : 12 But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;
  • Gen 19:28 : 28 And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.
  • Lev 3:3-9 : 3 And he is to give of the peace-offering, as an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat on the inside parts, 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away; 5 That it may be burned by Aaron's sons on the altar, on the burned offering which is on the wood on the fire: it is an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord. 6 And if what he gives for a peace-offering to the Lord is of the flock, let him give a male or female, without any mark on it. 7 If his offering is a lamb, then let it be placed before the Lord: 8 And he is to put his hand on the head of his offering and put it to death before the Tent of meeting; and Aaron's sons are to put some of its blood on and round the altar. 9 And of the peace-offering, let him give an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat of it, all the fat tail, he is to take away near the backbone; and the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat on the inside parts, 10 And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away; 11 That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire to the Lord.
  • Lev 3:16 : 16 That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the Lord's.
  • Deut 29:20 : 20 The Lord will have no mercy on him, but the wrath of the Lord will be burning against that man, and all the curses recorded in this book will be waiting for him, and the Lord will take away his name completely from the earth.

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  • Ps 68:2
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    2 Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God.

  • Ps 37:38
    77%

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

  • Ps 112:10
    76%

    10 The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

  • Ps 37:2
    75%

    2 For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.

  • Isa 5:17
    75%

    17 Then the lambs will get food as in their grass-lands, and the fat cattle will be feasting in the waste places.

  • Ps 21:9
    74%

    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.

  • Isa 1:28
    74%

    28 But a common destruction will overtake sinners and evil-doers together, and those who have gone away from the Lord will be cut off.

  • Ps 92:9
    74%

    9 For see! your haters, O Lord, will be put to death; all the workers of evil will be put to flight;

  • Ps 92:7
    74%

    7 When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.

  • Lev 26:38
    73%

    38 And death will overtake you among strange nations, and the land of your haters will be your destruction.

  • Isa 9:18
    73%

    18 For 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 34:21
    72%

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

  • Ps 37:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

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

    10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

  • Job 22:20
    71%

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

  • Ps 37:19
    71%

    19 They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough.

  • Ps 1:6
    71%

    6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Nah 1:10
    71%

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

  • Job 4:9
    70%

    9 By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.

  • Ps 145:20
    70%

    20 The Lord will keep all his worshippers from danger; but he will send destruction on all sinners.

  • Ps 83:17
    70%

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

  • Ps 37:21
    70%

    21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

  • Prov 2:22
    70%

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

  • Job 8:22
    70%

    22 Your haters will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the sinner will not be seen again.

  • Ps 9:6
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    6 You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.

  • Ps 104:35
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    35 Let sinners be cut off from the earth, and let all evil-doers come to an end. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. Give praise to the Lord.

  • Nah 1:8
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    8 But like water overflowing he will take them away; he will put an end to those who come up against him, driving his haters into the dark.

  • Isa 33:11-12
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    11 Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath.

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

  • Prov 24:20
    69%

    20 For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

  • Ps 27:2
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    2 When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame.

  • Ps 34:16
    69%

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

  • Ps 59:13
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    13 Put an end to them in your wrath, put an end to them, so that they may not be seen again; let them see that God is ruling in Jacob and to the ends of the earth. (Selah.)

  • Ps 81:15
    69%

    15 The haters of the Lord would be broken, and their destruction would be eternal.

  • Isa 29:20
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    20 For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:

  • Job 21:18
    68%

    18 How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

  • Mal 4:1
    68%

    1 For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.

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

  • Ps 37:17
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    17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • Zeph 1:18
    68%

    18 Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.

  • Isa 47:14
    68%

    14 Truly, 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.

  • Job 6:17
    68%

    17 Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat.

  • Isa 66:24
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    24 And they will go out to see the dead bodies of the men who have done evil against me: for their worm will ever be living, and their fire will never be put out, and they will be a thing of fear to all flesh.

  • Ps 55:15
    68%

    15 Let 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.

  • Ps 37:14
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    14 The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

  • Job 18:5
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    5 For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

  • Ps 37:12
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    12 The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Isa 5:24
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    24 For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.

  • Mal 4:3
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    3 And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.