Psalms 109:15

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“May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.”

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BSBPD

“May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 109:15 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:34“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
  2. Job 18:17The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
  3. Psalms 34:16But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
  4. Psalms 34:17The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
  5. Psalms 51:9Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
  6. Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
  7. Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
  8. Isaiah 65:15You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.
  9. Jeremiah 2:22Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
  10. Hosea 7:2But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
  11. Amos 8:7The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.

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