Psalms 58:8

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May they vanish like water that flows away; when they aim their arrows, may they be blunted.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 3:16 : 16 Or why was I not like a stillborn child, like infants who never saw the light?
  • Eccl 6:3 : 3 A man may father a hundred children and live many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he cannot enjoy life's good things and receives no proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
  • Jas 1:10 : 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree. 36 Yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched for him, he could not be found.

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

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

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    20From morning to evening they are broken to pieces; without anyone noticing, they perish forever.

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  • Job 21:18
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  • Job 20:7-8
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    2For they will soon wither like grass and fade like green plants.

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