Psalms 97:5

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The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of the whole earth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Nah 1:5 : 5 The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste.
  • Josh 3:11 : 11 Look! The ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth is ready to enter the Jordan ahead of you.
  • Judg 5:4-5 : 4 O LORD, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom’s plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain. 5 The mountains trembled before the LORD, the God of Sinai; before the LORD God of Israel.
  • Ps 46:6 : 6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms are overthrown. God gives a shout, the earth dissolves.
  • Ps 47:2 : 2 For the LORD Most High is awe-inspiring; he is the great king who rules the whole earth!
  • Ps 83:18 : 18 Then they will know that you alone are the LORD, the Most High over all the earth.
  • Isa 24:19-20 : 19 The earth is broken in pieces, the earth is ripped to shreds, the earth shakes violently. 20 The earth will stagger around like a drunk; it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm. Its sin will weigh it down, and it will fall and never get up again.
  • Isa 54:5 : 5 For your husband is the one who made you– the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called“God of the entire earth.”
  • Isa 64:1-2 : 1 (63:19b) If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you! 2 (64:1) As when fire ignites dry wood, or fire makes water boil, let your adversaries know who you are, and may the nations shake at your presence!
  • Mic 1:3-4 : 3 Look, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops! 4 The mountains will crumble beneath him; and the valleys will split apart, like wax before a fire, like water dumped down a steep slope.
  • Mic 4:13 : 13 “Get up and thresh, Daughter Zion! For I will give you iron horns; I will give you bronze hooves, and you will crush many nations.” You will devote to the LORD the spoils you take from them, and dedicate their wealth to the sovereign Ruler of the whole earth.
  • Hab 3:6 : 6 He took his battle position and shook the earth; with a mere look he frightened the nations. The ancient mountains disintegrated; the primeval hills were flattened. His are ancient roads.
  • Zech 4:14 : 14 So he said,“These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”
  • Mark 11:3 : 3 If anyone says to you,‘Why are you doing this?’ say,‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here soon.’”
  • 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 5:4-5
    2 verses
    86%

    4O LORD, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom’s plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain.

    5The mountains trembled before the LORD, the God of Sinai; before the LORD God of Israel.

  • Nah 1:5-6
    2 verses
    85%

    5The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste.

    6No one can withstand his indignation! No one can resist his fierce anger! His wrath is poured out like volcanic fire, boulders are broken up as he approaches.

  • Mic 1:3-4
    2 verses
    83%

    3Look, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops!

    4The mountains will crumble beneath him; and the valleys will split apart, like wax before a fire, like water dumped down a steep slope.

  • Ps 97:1-4
    4 verses
    81%

    1The LORD reigns! Let the earth be happy! Let the many coastlands rejoice!

    2Dark clouds surround him; equity and justice are the foundation of his throne.

    3Fire goes before him; on every side it burns up his enemies.

    4His lightning bolts light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

  • Ps 97:6
    79%

    6The sky declares his justice, and all the nations see his splendor.

  • Ps 104:32
    78%

    32He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.

  • Jer 4:24
    77%

    24I looked at the mountains and saw that they were shaking. All the hills were swaying back and forth!

  • Isa 64:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1(63:19b) If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you!

    2(64:1) As when fire ignites dry wood, or fire makes water boil, let your adversaries know who you are, and may the nations shake at your presence!

    3When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.

  • Ps 144:5
    76%

    5O LORD, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder!

  • Ps 46:6
    76%

    6Nations are in uproar, kingdoms are overthrown. God gives a shout, the earth dissolves.

  • Ps 114:4
    76%

    4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

  • Ps 114:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills?

    7Tremble, O earth, before the Lord– before the God of Jacob,

  • Ps 18:7
    76%

    7The earth heaved and shook; the roots of the mountains trembled; they heaved because he was angry.

  • Hab 3:10
    76%

    10When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high.

  • Ps 68:8
    74%

    8the earth shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

  • Isa 2:21
    74%

    21so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.

  • Hab 3:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5Plague will go before him; pestilence will march right behind him.

    6He took his battle position and shook the earth; with a mere look he frightened the nations. The ancient mountains disintegrated; the primeval hills were flattened. His are ancient roads.

  • Rev 6:14
    74%

    14The sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

  • 1 Chr 16:30
    73%

    30Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is established, it cannot be moved.

  • Exod 19:18
    73%

    18Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

  • Ps 83:14
    73%

    14Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,

  • Ps 148:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,

    9you mountains and all you hills, you fruit trees and all you cedars,

  • Ps 77:18
    72%

    18Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

  • Exod 15:15
    72%

    15Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified, trembling will seize the leaders of Moab, and the inhabitants of Canaan will shake.

  • Amos 9:5
    72%

    5The Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies will do this. He touches the earth and it dissolves; all who live on it mourn. The whole earth rises like the River Nile, and then grows calm like the Nile in Egypt.

  • Exod 24:17
    72%

    17Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain view of the people.

  • 2 Sam 22:8
    72%

    8The earth heaved and shook; the foundations of the sky trembled. They heaved because he was angry.

  • Ps 96:9
    72%

    9Worship the LORD in holy attire! Tremble before him, all the earth!

  • Ps 95:4
    72%

    4The depths of the earth are in his hand, and the mountain peaks belong to him.

  • Ps 18:12
    72%

    12From the brightness in front of him came hail and fiery coals.

  • 2 Sam 22:13
    71%

    13From the brightness in front of him came coals of fire.

  • Isa 2:19
    71%

    19They will go into caves in the rocky cliffs and into holes in the ground, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.

  • Ps 46:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2For this reason we do not fear when the earth shakes, and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea,

    3when its waves crash and foam, and the mountains shake before the surging sea.(Selah)

  • Ps 68:16
    71%

    16Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has decided to live? Indeed the LORD will live there permanently!

  • Ps 50:1
    71%

    1A psalm by Asaph. El, God, the LORD has spoken, and summoned the earth to come from the east and west.

  • Job 9:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5He who removes mountains suddenly, who overturns them in his anger;

    6he who shakes the earth out of its place so that its pillars tremble;

  • Ps 29:7
    71%

    7The LORD’s shout strikes with flaming fire.