Psalms 35:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away.
  • Isa 29:5 : 5 Moreover, the multitude of your strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passes away; yes, it shall be at an instant, suddenly.
  • Ps 1:4 : 4 The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
  • Exod 14:19 : 19 And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them, 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 away, 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 struck down in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
  • Hos 13:3 : 3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passes away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
  • Heb 11:28 : 28 Through faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who 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 burns a forest, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire; 15 So pursue them with your tempest, and make them afraid with your storm. 16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O LORD. 17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever; yes, let them be put to shame and perish:

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

  • 18 They are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away.

  • 4 Let them be confused 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%

    15 So pursue them with your tempest, and make them afraid with your storm.

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

    17 Let them be confounded and troubled forever; yes, let them be put to shame and perish:

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

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

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

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

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

  • Ps 40:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • 6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up:

  • 16 You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and you shall rejoice in the LORD, and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.

  • 18 Let 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 passes away like a cloud.

  • Ps 68:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let those who hate him flee before him.

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

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

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

  • 69%

    4 The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.

  • 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded who seek after my soul; let them be turned back and put to confusion, who desire my harm.

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

  • 24 Therefore as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes 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.

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

  • 5 Moreover, the multitude of your strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passes away; yes, it shall be at an instant, suddenly.

  • 11 You conceive chaff, you bring forth stubble; your breath, as fire, will devour you.

  • 19 Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the sky; they pursued us on the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

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

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

  • Ps 69:24-25
    2 verses
    68%

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

    25 Let their dwelling place be desolate, and let none dwell in their tents.

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

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

  • 5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains they shall leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, like a strong people arrayed for battle.

  • Ps 35:25-26
    2 verses
    68%

    25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, this is what we wanted; let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

    26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.

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    5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

  • 36 And upon those who are left alive of you I will send 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 one flees from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursues.

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

  • 2 Before the decree comes forth, before the day passes like chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you.

  • 25 Will you break a leaf driven to and fro, and will you pursue dry stubble?

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

  • 5 They were driven out from among men, they cried after them as after a thief;

  • 9 You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall consume them.

  • 8 Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, and let his net that he has hidden catch himself; into that very destruction let him fall.

  • 3 A fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns; the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yes, and nothing shall escape them.

  • 12 They surrounded me like bees; they are quenched like the fire of thorns, for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

  • 11 But 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.