Psalms 145:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

The LORD preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.

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  • Ps 97:10 : 10 You that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
  • Ps 31:23 : 23 O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, and abundantly rewards the proud doer.
  • Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD loves justice, and does not forsake his saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 Then he will also say to those on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
  • John 10:27-29 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
  • Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
  • 1 Pet 1:5-8 : 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In which you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen you love; in whom, though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
  • Exod 20:6 : 6 But showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
  • Ps 1:6 : 6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
  • Ps 9:5 : 5 You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
  • Ps 9:17 : 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 97:10
    78%

    10You that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

  • Ps 145:19
    75%

    19He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him; he also will hear their cry and will save them.

  • Ps 31:23
    74%

    23O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, and abundantly rewards the proud doer.

  • Ps 37:28
    73%

    28For the LORD loves justice, and does not forsake his saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Prov 15:9
    73%

    9The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

  • Ps 37:38
    72%

    38But the transgressors shall be destroyed altogether; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

  • Ps 34:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

    20He guards all his bones: not one of them is broken.

    21Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • Ps 121:7
    72%

    7The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; he shall preserve your soul.

  • Ps 101:8
    71%

    8I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

  • Ps 146:9
    71%

    9The LORD preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

  • Ps 145:21
    70%

    21My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD, and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

  • Ps 12:7
    70%

    7You shall keep them, O LORD, you shall preserve them from this generation forever.

  • Ps 37:20
    70%

    20But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs; they shall consume; into smoke they shall vanish away.

  • Prov 10:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29The way of the LORD is strength to the upright, but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

    30The righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

  • Ps 11:5
    70%

    5The LORD tests the righteous, but the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.

  • Isa 1:28
    69%

    28And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

  • Job 36:6
    69%

    6He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the poor.

  • Prov 11:20
    69%

    20Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the upright in their way are His delight.

  • Ps 37:17
    69%

    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

  • Ps 34:16
    69%

    16The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  • Ps 37:40
    69%

    40And the LORD shall help them and deliver them; he shall deliver them from the wicked and save them, because they trust in him.

  • Ps 140:4
    69%

    4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have purposed to overthrow my steps.

  • Prov 22:12
    69%

    12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and He overthrows the words of the transgressor.

  • Ps 41:2
    69%

    2The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive; he shall be blessed upon the earth, and You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies.

  • Ps 119:119
    69%

    119You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross, therefore I love Your testimonies.

  • Ps 52:5
    69%

    5God shall likewise destroy you forever, He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

  • Ps 92:7
    69%

    7When the wicked spring up like the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is so they may be destroyed forever.

  • Ps 37:32
    69%

    32The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Ps 1:6
    69%

    6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • Ps 112:10
    68%

    10The wicked shall see it and be grieved; he shall gnash his teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Exod 22:20
    68%

    20He who sacrifices to any god, except to the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.

  • Ps 5:6
    68%

    6You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; the LORD will abhor the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

  • Prov 15:25-26
    2 verses
    68%

    25The LORD will destroy the house of the proud, but He will establish the boundary of the widow.

    26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

  • Ps 118:10
    68%

    10All nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

  • Ps 145:14
    68%

    14The LORD upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.

  • Ps 33:5
    68%

    5He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

  • Prov 8:36
    68%

    36But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.

  • Ps 145:17
    68%

    17The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

  • Ps 73:27
    68%

    27For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.

  • Ps 10:16
    68%

    16The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations have perished out of His land.

  • Lam 3:66
    68%

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

  • Prov 13:6
    68%

    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 2:22
    67%

    22But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors will be rooted out of it.

  • Ps 147:11
    67%

    11The LORD takes pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

  • Prov 16:4
    67%

    4The LORD has made all things for Himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of disaster.

  • Ps 147:6
    67%

    6The LORD lifts up the meek: he casts the wicked down to the ground.