Psalms 68:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:20 : 20 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.
  • Mic 1:4 : 4 And the mountains will be turned to water under him, and the deep valleys will be broken open, like wax before the fire, like waters flowing down a slope.
  • Ps 97:5 : 5 The mountains became like wax at the coming of the Lord, at the coming of the Lord of all the earth.
  • Isa 9:18 : 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.
  • Hos 13:3 : 3 So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace.
  • Ps 80:16 : 16 It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.
  • Ps 22:14 : 14 I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
  • Ps 76:7 : 7 You, you are to be feared; who may keep his place before you in the time of your wrath?
  • Nah 1:5-6 : 5 The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it. 6 Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.
  • 2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus: 9 Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,
  • Rev 6:16-17 : 16 And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Come down on us, covering us from the face of him who is seated on the high seat, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of their wrath is come, and who may keep his place?
  • Isa 64:2 : 2 While you do acts of power for which we are not looking, and which have not come to the ears of men in the past.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 68:1
    81%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. A Song.> Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back before him.

  • Ps 37:20
    77%

    20 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.

  • Ps 58:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

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

    8 Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.

    9 Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.

  • Ps 68:3
    75%

    3 But let the upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.

  • Isa 9:18
    75%

    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 112:10
    74%

    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 83:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13 O my God, make them like the rolling dust; like dry stems before the wind.

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

    15 So go after them with your strong wind, and let them be full of fear because of your storm.

  • Ps 69:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24 Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.

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

  • Job 6:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

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

    18 The camel-trains go out of their way; they go up into the waste and come to destruction.

  • Job 21:18
    73%

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

  • Ps 18:8
    72%

    8 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.

  • Ps 92:7
    72%

    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.

  • Job 4:9
    72%

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

  • Ps 69:28
    72%

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

  • Ps 97:3
    72%

    3 Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about.

  • Ps 55:15
    72%

    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 140:10
    72%

    10 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.

  • Ps 21:9
    71%

    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 64:2
    71%

    2 While you do acts of power for which we are not looking, and which have not come to the ears of men in the past.

  • Hos 13:3
    71%

    3 So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace.

  • 2 Sam 22:9
    71%

    9 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.

  • Lam 3:66
    71%

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

  • Ps 80:16
    71%

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

  • Ps 37:38
    71%

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

  • Ps 83:17
    71%

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

  • Ps 97:5
    70%

    5 The mountains became like wax at the coming of the Lord, at the coming of the Lord of all the earth.

  • Ps 92:9
    70%

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

  • Ps 56:7
    70%

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

  • Ps 1:6
    70%

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

  • Ps 35:5
    70%

    5 Let them be like dust from the grain before the wind; let the angel of the Lord send them in flight.

  • Ps 5:10
    70%

    10 Send 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 73:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18 You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

    19 How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

  • Ps 144:6
    70%

    6 With your storm-flames send them in flight: send out your arrows for their destruction.

  • Ps 9:3
    70%

    3 When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.

  • Job 18:5
    70%

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

  • Ps 11:6
    69%

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

  • Ps 102:3
    69%

    3 My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire.

  • Ps 59:13
    69%

    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.)

  • Job 22:20
    69%

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

  • Ps 118:12
    69%

    12 They 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.

  • Jer 6:29
    69%

    29 The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.

  • Joel 2:3
    69%

    3 Before them fire sends destruction, and after them flame is burning: the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and after them an unpeopled waste; truly, nothing has been kept safe from them.

  • Ps 74:8
    69%

    8 They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.