Psalms 37:38

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 1:4-6 : 4 Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff. 5 For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly. 6 Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.
  • Ps 52:5 : 5 Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living.(Selah)
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.
  • Matt 13:30 : 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the reapers,“First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burned, but then gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
  • Matt 13:49-50 : 49 It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous 50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
  • 2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,
  • Ps 73:17 : 17 Then I entered the precincts of God’s temple, and understood the destiny of the wicked.
  • Ps 9:17 : 17 The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 2:22
    82%

    22but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.

  • Ps 37:37
    81%

    37Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the upright! For the one who promotes peace has a future.

  • Isa 1:28
    81%

    28All rebellious sinners will be shattered, those who abandon the LORD will perish.

  • Ps 37:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the LORD are the ones who will possess the land.

    10Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

  • Ps 92:7
    77%

    7When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated.

  • Ps 37:20
    77%

    20But evil men will die; the LORD’s enemies will be incinerated– they will go up in smoke.

  • Prov 10:29-30
    2 verses
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    29The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

  • Ps 37:2
    76%

    2For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.

  • Isa 29:20
    76%

    20For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated–

  • Prov 11:3
    76%

    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

  • Ps 37:17-18
    2 verses
    76%

    17for evil men will lose their power, but the LORD sustains the godly.

    18The LORD watches over the innocent day by day and they possess a permanent inheritance.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    75%

    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

  • Ps 34:21
    75%

    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

  • Ps 37:39
    75%

    39But the LORD delivers the godly; he protects them in times of trouble.

  • Ps 112:10
    75%

    10When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

  • Ps 37:28
    75%

    28For the LORD promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.

  • Prov 21:7
    74%

    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Ps 37:34
    74%

    34Rely on the LORD! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.

  • Ps 1:6
    74%

    6Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

  • Ps 94:23
    74%

    23He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the LORD our God will destroy them.

  • Prov 12:7
    74%

    7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

  • Ps 101:8
    73%

    8Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land, and remove all evildoers from the city of the LORD.

  • Ps 37:22
    73%

    22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

  • Jer 25:37
    73%

    37Their peaceful dwelling places will be laid waste by the fierce anger of the LORD.

  • Prov 29:16
    73%

    16When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.

  • Ps 34:16
    73%

    16But the LORD opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth.

  • Nah 1:8-10
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    8But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of Nineveh; he will drive his enemies into darkness.

    9Denunciation and Destruction of Nineveh Whatever you plot against the LORD, he will completely destroy! Distress will not arise a second time.

    10Surely they will be totally consumed like entangled thorn bushes, like the drink of drunkards, like very dry stubble.

  • Ps 37:32
    73%

    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

  • Ps 129:4
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    4The LORD is just; he cut the ropes of the wicked.”

  • Job 21:30
    73%

    30that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?

  • Prov 21:12
    73%

    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Job 31:3
    73%

    3Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

  • Prov 14:32
    73%

    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

  • Prov 21:18
    72%

    18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.

  • Ps 145:20
    72%

    20The LORD protects all those who love him, but he destroys all the wicked.

  • Ps 37:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.

    15Their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

  • Ps 52:5
    72%

    5Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living.(Selah)

  • Job 22:20
    72%

    20‘Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.’

  • Prov 13:6
    72%

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Ps 37:12
    72%

    12Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.

  • Job 36:17
    72%

    17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

  • Eccl 8:13
    72%

    13But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

  • Prov 14:11
    71%

    11The household of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.