Psalms 58:7

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 7:5 : 5 The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures and defeated them on the steep slope. The people’s courage melted away like water.
  • Ps 112:10 : 10 When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.
  • Isa 13:7 : 7 For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,
  • Ps 64:7-8 : 7 But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow. 8 Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,
  • 2 Sam 17:10 : 10 If that happens even the bravest soldier– one who is lion-hearted– will virtually melt away. For all Israel knows that your father is a warrior and that those who are with him are brave.
  • Ps 22:14 : 14 My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.
  • Exod 15:15 : 15 Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified, trembling will seize the leaders of Moab, and the inhabitants of Canaan will shake.
  • Josh 2:9-9 : 9 She said to the men,“I know the LORD is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you. 10 For we heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan. 11 When we heard the news we lost our courage and no one could even breathe for fear of you. For the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on earth below!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 58:8-9
    2 verses
    82%

    8Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along! Let them be like stillborn babies that never see the sun!

    9Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.

  • Ps 64:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

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

    8Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,

  • 6Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them! Shoot your arrows and rout them!

  • 6O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O LORD!

  • 12For you make them retreat when you aim your arrows at them.

  • Ps 68:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1For the music director; by David, a psalm, a song. God springs into action! His enemies scatter; his adversaries run from him.

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

  • Ps 64:3-4
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    75%

    3They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,

    4in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation.

  • Ps 37:14-15
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    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 69:23-24
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    74%

    23May their eyes be blinded! Make them shake violently!

    24Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them!

  • Ps 59:11-12
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    74%

    11Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

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

  • 10Condemn 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.

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

  • Ps 140:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9As for the heads of those who surround me– may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!

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

  • 2For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright.

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

  • 6May they be like the grass on the rooftops which withers before one can even pull it up,

  • 17When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place.

  • Ps 35:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5May they be like wind-driven chaff, as the LORD’s angel attacks them!

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

  • Jer 18:21-22
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    72%

    21So 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.

    22Let 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.

  • 12He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow.

  • 28Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are prepared. The hooves of their horses are hard as flint, and their chariot wheels are like a windstorm.

  • 15May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

  • 4ד(Dalet) He prepared his bow like an enemy; his right hand was ready to shoot. Like a foe he killed everyone, even our strong young men; he has poured out his anger like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion.

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

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

  • 13He has prepared deadly weapons to use against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows.

  • 17The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about.

  • 13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

  • 24If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him.

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

  • 15He shot arrows and scattered them, lightning and routed them.

  • 5Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies. Nations fall at your feet.

  • 23I will increase their disasters, I will use up my arrows on them.

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

  • 3How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.

  • 28Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones become like chaff to it.

  • 14He shot his arrows and scattered them, many lightning bolts and routed them.

  • 4Here’s how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.

  • 14They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in.

  • 9You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.