Psalms 140:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.”
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“May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits--they arise not.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 140:10 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
- Exodus 9:23So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.
- Psalms 7:17I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
- Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
- Psalms 18:13The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
- Psalms 21:9You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
- Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
- Psalms 64:9Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
- Psalms 120:4Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
- Proverbs 28:10He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
- Proverbs 28:17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
- Daniel 3:20and he commanded some mighty men of valor in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing fiery furnace.
- Matthew 13:42And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 13:50and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Revelation 16:8Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.
- Revelation 20:15And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
- Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
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