Psalms 68:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Ps 37:20 : 20 But 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.
  • Mic 1:4 : 4 And the mountains will be molten under him, and the valleys will be split, as wax before the fire, and as waters that are poured down a steep place.
  • Ps 97:5 : 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
  • Isa 9:18 : 18 For wickedness burns like the fire; it will devour the briers and thorns and will kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they will mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
  • 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.
  • Ps 80:16 : 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
  • Ps 22:14 : 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
  • Ps 76:7 : 7 You, even You, are to be feared; and who may stand in Your sight when once You are angry?
  • Nah 1:5-6 : 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yes, the world and all who dwell in it. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
  • 2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
  • Rev 6:16-17 : 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of his wrath has come; and who shall be able to stand?
  • Isa 64:2 : 2 As when the melting fire burns, the fire causes the waters to boil, to make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!

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  • Ps 68:1
    81%

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

  • Ps 37:20
    77%

    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.

  • Ps 58:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

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

    8As a snail that melts, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

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

  • Ps 68:3
    75%

    3But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yes, let them exceedingly rejoice.

  • Isa 9:18
    75%

    18For wickedness burns like the fire; it will devour the briers and thorns and will kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they will mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

  • Ps 112:10
    74%

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

  • Ps 83:13-15
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    74%

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

    14As the fire burns a forest, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire;

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

  • Ps 69:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • Job 6:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17At the time when they grow warm, they vanish; when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

    18The paths of their way turn aside; they go to nothing and perish.

  • Job 21:18
    73%

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

  • Ps 18:8
    72%

    8Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth: coals were kindled by it.

  • Ps 92:7
    72%

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

  • Job 4:9
    72%

    9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils they are consumed.

  • Ps 69:28
    72%

    28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

  • Ps 97:3
    72%

    3A fire goes before him and burns up his enemies all around.

  • Ps 55:15
    72%

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

  • Ps 140:10
    72%

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

  • Ps 21:9
    71%

    9You 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.

  • Isa 64:2
    71%

    2As when the melting fire burns, the fire causes the waters to boil, to make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!

  • Hos 13:3
    71%

    3Therefore 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.

  • 2 Sam 22:9
    71%

    9Smoke went up from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it.

  • Lam 3:66
    71%

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

  • Ps 80:16
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    16It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.

  • Ps 37:38
    71%

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

  • Ps 83:17
    71%

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

  • Ps 97:5
    70%

    5The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

  • Ps 92:9
    70%

    9For behold, your enemies, O LORD, for behold, your enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

  • Ps 56:7
    70%

    7Shall they escape by iniquity? In your anger, cast down the peoples, O God.

  • Ps 1:6
    70%

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

  • Ps 35:5
    70%

    5Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

  • Ps 5:10
    70%

    10Destroy 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.

  • Ps 73:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.

    19How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

  • Ps 144:6
    70%

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

  • Ps 9:3
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    3When my enemies turn back, they shall fall and perish at your presence.

  • Job 18:5
    70%

    5Indeed, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

  • Ps 11:6
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    6Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest; this shall be the portion of their cup.

  • Ps 102:3
    69%

    3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned like a hearth.

  • Ps 59:13
    69%

    13Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may be no more; and let them know that God rules in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah.

  • Job 22:20
    69%

    20Our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.

  • Ps 118:12
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    12They surrounded me like bees; they are quenched like the fire of thorns, for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

  • Jer 6:29
    69%

    29The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; the refiner melts in vain, for the wicked are not removed.

  • Joel 2:3
    69%

    3A 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.

  • Ps 74:8
    69%

    8They said in their hearts, "Let us destroy them together": they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.