Psalms 97:5

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The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.

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  • Nah 1:5 : 5 The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it.
  • Josh 3:11 : 11 'Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing ahead of you into the Jordan.'
  • Judg 5:4-5 : 4 O Lord, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down water. 5 The mountains melted before the Lord, even Sinai, before the Lord, the God of Israel.
  • Ps 46:6 : 6 God is within her, she will not be moved; God will help her at the break of dawn.
  • Ps 47:2 : 2 Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with joyful cries!
  • Ps 83:18 : 18 Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever; let them be disgraced and perish.
  • Isa 24:19-20 : 19 The earth is utterly broken, the earth is split apart, the earth is violently shaken. 20 The earth staggers like a drunkard, it sways like a hut; its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it falls, never to rise again.
  • Isa 54:5 : 5 For your Maker is your husband—the Lord of Hosts is His name. Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of all the earth.
  • Isa 64:1-2 : 1 Oh, that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence— 2 As fire kindles brushwood and causes water to boil, make your name known to your adversaries, so that the nations may tremble at your presence.
  • Mic 1:3-4 : 3 For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling place; He will descend and tread on the high places of the earth. 4 The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split open like wax before the fire, like water cascading down a slope.
  • Mic 4:13 : 13 Rise and thresh, Daughter Zion, for I will make your horn like iron and your hooves like bronze, and you will crush many nations. You will dedicate their ill-gotten gains to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
  • Hab 3:6 : 6 He stood and shook the earth; He looked and startled the nations. The ancient mountains crumbled; the everlasting hills sank low. His ways are eternal.
  • Zech 4:14 : 14 He said, 'These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of all the earth.'
  • Mark 11:3 : 3 'If anyone asks you,
  • 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy, together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 5:4-5
    2 verses
    86%

    4O Lord, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down water.

    5The mountains melted before the Lord, even Sinai, before the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • Nah 1:5-6
    2 verses
    85%

    5The mountains quake before him and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, the world and all who live in it.

    6Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are shattered before him.

  • Mic 1:3-4
    2 verses
    83%

    3For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling place; He will descend and tread on the high places of the earth.

    4The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split open like wax before the fire, like water cascading down a slope.

  • Ps 97:1-4
    4 verses
    81%

    1The Lord reigns; let the earth rejoice! Let the many coastlands be glad!

    2Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

    3Fire goes before Him and burns up His adversaries all around.

    4His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

  • 6The heavens declare His righteousness, and all the peoples see His glory.

  • 32He gazes at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

  • 24I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

  • Isa 64:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1Oh, that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence—

    2As fire kindles brushwood and causes water to boil, make your name known to your adversaries, so that the nations may tremble at your presence.

    3From ancient times, no ear has heard, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.

  • 5Lord, bend down Your heavens and come down; touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

  • 6God is within her, she will not be moved; God will help her at the break of dawn.

  • 4The mountains leaped like rams, the hills like lambs.

  • Ps 114:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6Mountains, why do you leap like rams, and hills, like lambs?

    7Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

  • 7In my distress, I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple, He heard my voice, and my cry for help came into His ears.

  • 10The mountains saw You and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its hands high.

  • 8God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness—Selah.

  • 21They will go into the crevices of the rocks and the clefts of the crags, hiding from the terror of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to terrify the earth.

  • Hab 3:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5Plague went before Him, and pestilence followed His steps.

    6He stood and shook the earth; He looked and startled the nations. The ancient mountains crumbled; the everlasting hills sank low. His ways are eternal.

  • 14The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

  • 30Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

  • 18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

  • 14My God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.

  • Ps 148:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy winds obeying His word,

    9you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,

  • 18The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth sound; Your arrows flashed back and forth.

  • 15The chiefs of Edom are dismayed; the leaders of Moab tremble; the inhabitants of Canaan melt away.

  • 5The Lord, the God of Hosts, touches the earth and it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn. The entire land rises like the Nile and then sinks like the Nile of Egypt.

  • 17The appearance of the LORD's glory was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the sight of the Israelites.

  • 8Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook because he was angry.

  • 9Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.

  • 4In His hands are the depths of the earth, and the mountain heights belong to Him.

  • 12He made darkness His covering, His canopy around Him—the dark rain clouds of the skies.

  • 13From the brightness of his presence, coals of fire blazed forth.

  • 19People will go into caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, fleeing from the terror of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to terrify the earth.

  • Ps 46:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

    3Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth changes, and though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea.

  • 16The mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan.

  • 1The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

  • Job 9:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5He removes mountains without their knowing it, and overturns them in His anger.

    6He shakes the earth from its place, and its pillars tremble.

  • 7The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of fire.