Psalms 37:20

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For the wicked will perish, and the enemies of the LORD will vanish like the splendor of the meadows; they will disappear like smoke.

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  • Ps 102:3 : 3 Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress; incline your ear to me; on the day I call, answer me quickly.
  • Ps 68:2 : 2 Let God arise; let His enemies be scattered, and let those who hate Him flee from His presence.
  • Ps 92:9 : 9 But You, O LORD, are exalted forever.
  • Deut 33:14-16 : 14 With the choicest fruits of the sun, and the rich yield of the months, 15 With the best from the ancient mountains and the precious things from the everlasting hills, 16 With the choicest gifts of the earth and its fullness, and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the prince among his brothers.
  • Judg 5:31 : 31 So may all Your enemies perish, O Lord! But may those who love You be like the sun when it rises in its strength. And the land was at peace for forty years.
  • Luke 13:3 : 3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.
  • Luke 13:5 : 5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.
  • Heb 12:29 : 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
  • 2 Pet 2:12 : 12 These people, however, are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They speak abusively about things they do not understand, and in their destruction, they too will be destroyed.
  • Gen 19:28 : 28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and the entire plain, and he saw that smoke was rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
  • Lev 3:3-9 : 3 From the peace offering, he is to present a fire offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the internal organs and all the fat that is on the internal organs; 4 the two kidneys and the fat on them, which is by the flanks, and the lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys. 5 Aaron's sons are to burn them on the altar, on top of the burnt offering that is over the burning wood. It is a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 6 If his offering for a peace sacrifice to the LORD comes from the flock, whether male or female, it must be without defect. 7 If he offers a lamb as his offering, he is to present it before the LORD. 8 He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it before the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides. 9 From the peace offering, he is to present as a fire offering to the LORD: the fat, including the entire fat tail cut close to the backbone, the fat that covers the internal organs, and all the fat that is on the internal organs, 10 both kidneys and the fat on them by the flanks, and the lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys. 11 The priest shall burn them on the altar as food, a fire offering to the LORD.
  • Lev 3:16 : 16 The priest shall burn them on the altar as food, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the LORD. All the fat belongs to the LORD.
  • Deut 29:20 : 20 The LORD will single them out for disaster from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.

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  • 2Let God arise; let His enemies be scattered, and let those who hate Him flee from His presence.

  • 38But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

  • 10The wicked will see it and be angry; they will gnash their teeth and melt away. The desires of the wicked will perish.

  • 2For they will soon wither like grass and fade like green plants.

  • 17Then lambs will graze as in their own pasture, and strangers will eat in the ruins of the rich.

  • 9Your hand will find all Your enemies; Your right hand will discover those who hate You.

  • 28But rebels and sinners will be destroyed together, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.

  • 9But You, O LORD, are exalted forever.

  • 7A senseless person does not know, and a fool does not understand this:

  • 38You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.

  • 18By the wrath of the LORD Almighty, the land is scorched, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no one spares his brother.

  • 21He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

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    9For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD will inherit the land.

    10In a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

  • 20Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire has consumed their wealth.

  • 19They will not be ashamed in the time of disaster, and in days of famine they will be satisfied.

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    6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

  • 10Though they are entangled in thorns and drunk from their wine, they will be consumed like dry stubble.

  • 9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

  • 20The LORD watches over all who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked.

  • 17Fill their faces with shame so that they will seek your name, O LORD.

  • 21The wicked person borrows and does not repay, but the righteous is gracious and gives.

  • 22But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted from it.

  • 22Your enemies will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.

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    6You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have erased their name forever and ever.

  • 35May sinners vanish from the earth, and may the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, my soul. Hallelujah!

  • 8But with an overwhelming flood he will make an end of Nineveh; he will pursue his enemies into darkness.

  • Isa 33:11-12
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    11You conceive chaff, you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will devour you.

    12The peoples will be burned as if to lime, like cut thorns set ablaze in the fire.

  • 20For the wicked have no future; the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.

  • 2When evildoers come against me to devour my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies, they stumble and fall.

  • 16The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry.

  • 13For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies they utter,

  • 15I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their adversaries.

  • 20For the ruthless will vanish, the scoffer will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut off.

  • 18They are like straw before the wind and like chaff carried away by a storm.

  • 7Break their teeth in their mouths, O God! LORD, tear out the fangs of those lions.

  • 17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD supports the righteous.

  • 18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to rescue them on the day of the Lord's wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy, for He will bring a sudden and complete destruction on all the inhabitants of the earth.

  • 14Behold, they are like stubble; fire consumes them. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coal for warming oneself, nor fire to sit before.

  • 17but when they are warmed, they vanish; when heated, they disappear from their place.

  • 24Then they will go out and look at the dead bodies of those who rebelled against Me; their worm will not die, their fire will not be quenched, and they will be abhorrent to all mankind.

  • 15We used to share close communion together; we walked with the crowd in the house of God.

  • 14The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and the needy, to slaughter those whose ways are upright.

  • 5Indeed, the light of the wicked will be extinguished, and the flame of his fire will not shine.

  • 12The wicked person plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.

  • 32The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

  • 24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble and as dry grass sinks in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.