Psalms 35:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them].

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  • Job 21:18 : 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
  • Isa 29:5 : 5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones [shall be] as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
  • Ps 1:4 : 4 ¶ The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
  • Exod 14:19 : 19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
  • Isa 17:13 : 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but [God] shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
  • Isa 37:36 : 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses.
  • Hos 13:3 : 3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff [that] is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
  • Heb 11:28 : 28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
  • Ps 83:13-17 : 13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; 15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. 16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. 17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

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  • 6Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

  • 18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

  • 4Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

  • Ps 83:15-17
    3 verses
    76%

    15So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

    16Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

    17Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

  • 13O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

  • 3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff [that] is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

  • 13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but [God] shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

  • 17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

  • 7Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

  • Ps 40:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

    15Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

  • 6Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

  • 16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, [and] shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

  • 18Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

  • 15¶ Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

  • Ps 68:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm [or] Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

    2As smoke is driven away, [so] drive [them] away: as wax melteth before the fire, [so] let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

  • 66Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.

  • 15Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

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    4¶ The ungodly [are] not so: but [are] like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

  • 2Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

  • 6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

  • 24Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, [so] their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

  • 24Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

  • 5Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones [shall be] as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

  • 11Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, [as] fire, shall devour you.

  • 19Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

  • 10Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

  • 42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

  • Ps 69:24-25
    2 verses
    68%

    24Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

    25Let their habitation be desolate; [and] let none dwell in their tents.

  • 9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.

  • 13And the prophets shall become wind, and the word [is] not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

  • 5Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

  • Ps 35:25-26
    2 verses
    68%

    25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

    26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify [themselves] against me.

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    5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

  • 36And upon them that are left [alive] of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

  • 15Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.

  • 2Before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.

  • 25Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

  • 10Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

  • 5They were driven forth from among [men], (they cried after them as [after] a thief;)

  • 9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

  • 8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

  • 3A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land [is] as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

  • 12They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

  • 11But the LORD [is] with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: [their] everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.