Psalms 58:9

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Like a slug that melts away as it moves, like a stillborn child who never sees the sun.

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  • Ps 118:12 : 12 They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the Lord, I cut them off.
  • Prov 10:25 : 25 When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous have an everlasting foundation.
  • Eccl 7:6 : 6 For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of fools—this too is meaningless.
  • Isa 17:13 : 13 The nations roar like the crashing of mighty waters, but He rebukes them, and they flee far away. They are driven like chaff on the mountains before the wind, like tumbleweed before a storm.
  • Isa 40:24 : 24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
  • Jer 23:19 : 19 Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in wrath, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked are brought down by their own evil, but the righteous take refuge when they die.
  • Prov 1:27 : 27 When your terror comes like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
  • Num 16:30 : 30 But if the Lord brings about something unprecedented and the ground opens its mouth to swallow them and everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.
  • Job 18:18 : 18 He is driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.
  • Job 20:5-9 : 5 that the triumph of the wicked is short-lived, and the joy of the godless lasts only a moment? 6 Even if his greatness rises to the heavens and his head reaches to the clouds, 7 he will perish forever like his own waste; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?' 8 Like a dream he flies away and is no more; he is chased away like a vision of the night. 9 The eye that saw him will see him no longer, and his place will behold him no more. 10 His children will seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will return his wealth. 11 The youthful vigor that filled his bones will lie down with him in the dust. 12 Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue, 13 though he cherishes it and does not let it go, but keeps it in the midst of his mouth, 14 yet his food in his stomach is turned to the venom of cobras within him. 15 He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God drives it out of his stomach. 16 He will suck the venom of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him. 17 He will not see the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and butter. 18 He will give back the fruit of his labor but will not swallow it; like the wealth of his trade, he will not enjoy it. 19 For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house he did not build. 20 Because he knew no peace in his heart, he will not retain any of his treasures. 21 Nothing is left for him to consume; therefore, his prosperity will not last. 22 In the fullness of his plenty, he will be distressed; the hand of all who toil will come upon him. 23 When he is about to fill his stomach, God will unleash his burning anger against him and rain it upon him while he eats. 24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will pierce him. 25 It is drawn out and comes forth from his body; the glittering point comes out of his gallbladder; terrors come over him. 26 Total darkness is hidden for his treasures; a fire not kindled by man will consume him and devour what remains in his tent. 27 The heavens will expose his guilt, and the earth will rise up against him. 28 The produce of his house will be carried away, flowing away on the day of God's wrath. 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the inheritance decreed for him by the Almighty.
  • Job 27:21 : 21 The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
  • Ps 10:2 : 2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.
  • Ps 10:5 : 5 His ways prosper at all times; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; as for all his foes, he sneers at them.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.
  • Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely, You place them on slippery ground; You cast them down to destruction. 19 How suddenly they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors! 20 Like a dream when one awakes, so, Lord, when You arise, You will despise their image.

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