Verse 20

The LORD preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 97:10 : 10 You that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
  • Ps 31:23 : 23 O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, and abundantly rewards the proud doer.
  • Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD loves justice, and does not forsake his saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off.
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 Then he will also say to those on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
  • John 10:27-29 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
  • Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
  • 1 Pet 1:5-8 : 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In which you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen you love; in whom, though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
  • Exod 20:6 : 6 But showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
  • Ps 1:6 : 6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
  • Ps 9:5 : 5 You have rebuked the nations, you have destroyed the wicked; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
  • Ps 9:17 : 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.