Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:20 : 20 But evil men will die; the LORD’s enemies will be incinerated– they will go up in smoke.
  • Mic 1:4 : 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.
  • Ps 97:5 : 5 The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of the whole earth.
  • Isa 9:18 : 18 For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.
  • Hos 13:3 : 3 Therefore they will disappear like the morning mist, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff that is blown away from a threshing floor, like smoke that disappears through an open window.
  • Ps 80:16 : 16 It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them.
  • 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.
  • Ps 76:7 : 7 You are awesome! Yes, you! Who can withstand your intense anger?
  • Nah 1:5-6 : 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. 6 No 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.
  • 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,
  • Rev 6:16-17 : 16 They said to the mountains and to the rocks,“Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
  • Isa 64:2 : 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!