Psalms 55:15

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May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

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  • Num 16:30-34 : 30 But if the LORD does something entirely new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up along with all that they have, and they go down alive to the grave, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD. 31 When he had finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open, 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods. 33 They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community. 34 All the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry, for they said,“What if the earth swallows us too?”
  • 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave of his father.
  • 2 Sam 18:9 : 9 Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his mule, it went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, while the mule he had been riding kept going.
  • 2 Sam 18:14 : 14 Joab replied,“I will not wait around like this for you!” He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the middle of Absalom while he was still alive in the middle of the oak tree.
  • Ps 9:17 : 17 The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,
  • Ps 59:13 : 13 Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish! Let them know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth!(Selah)
  • Ps 64:7 : 7 But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow.
  • Ps 69:22-28 : 22 May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends! 23 May their eyes be blinded! Make them shake violently! 24 Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them! 25 May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited! 26 For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish. 27 Hold them accountable for all their sins! Do not vindicate them! 28 May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!
  • Ps 109:6-9 : 6 Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side! 7 When he is judged, he will be found guilty! Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful. 8 May his days be few! May another take his job! 9 May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow! 10 May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home! 11 May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property! 12 May no one show him kindness! May no one have compassion on his fatherless children! 13 May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! 14 May his ancestors’ sins be remembered by the LORD! May his mother’s sin not be forgotten! 15 May the LORD be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth! 16 For he never bothered to show kindness; he harassed the oppressed and needy, and killed the disheartened. 17 He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings. 18 He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil. 19 May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on, or a belt one wears continually! 20 May the LORD repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!
  • Matt 26:24 : 24 The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.”
  • Matt 27:5 : 5 So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself.
  • Acts 1:18-20 : 18 (Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out. 19 This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is,“Field of Blood.”) 20 “For it is written in the book of Psalms,‘Let his house become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,’ and‘Let another take his position of responsibility.’
  • Acts 1:25 : 25 to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

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  • Prov 1:11-12
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    11 If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.

    12 We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

  • Ps 69:24-25
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    24 Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them!

    25 May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited!

  • 10 Condemn them, O God! May their own schemes be their downfall! Drive them away because of their many acts of insurrection, for they have rebelled against you.

  • Ps 140:9-10
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    9 As for the heads of those who surround me– may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!

    10 May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.

  • 8 Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!

  • Jer 18:21-23
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    21 So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.

    22 Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.

    23 But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!

  • 6 May their path be dark and slippery, as the LORD’s angel chases them!

  • 14 We would share personal thoughts with each other; in God’s temple we would walk together among the crowd.

  • Rom 3:15-16
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    15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood,

    16 ruin and misery are in their paths,

  • Ps 69:27-28
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    27 Hold them accountable for all their sins! Do not vindicate them!

    28 May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

  • 15 May the LORD be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth!

  • Ps 73:18-19
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    18 Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

    19 How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

  • 9 Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth.

  • Ps 55:10-11
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    10 Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it.

    11 Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.

  • 5 Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

  • 25 Do not let them say to themselves,“Aha! We have what we wanted!” Do not let them say,“We have devoured him!”

  • 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)

  • 12 They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!

  • 2 Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there.

  • 13 They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.

  • 3 Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

  • 33 They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community.

  • 23 But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.

  • 15 Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.

  • 7 Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God!

  • 16 for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

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

  • 7 Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass!

  • 14 They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

  • 19 If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!

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

  • 11 Death and Destruction are before the LORD– how much more the hearts of humans!

  • 14 They die in their youth, and their life ends among the male cultic prostitutes.

  • 17 The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,

  • 2 As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.

  • 22 May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends!

  • 17 May they be humiliated and continually terrified! May they die in shame!

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

  • 7 But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow.

  • 17 For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

  • 8 May his days be few! May another take his job!