Psalms 34:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.”
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“But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“(The face of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> on doers of evil, To cut off from earth their memorial.)”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 34:16 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 17:10If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 26:17And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
- Job 18:17The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
- Job 36:7He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
- Psalms 10:16The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
- Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
- Psalms 33:18Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
- Psalms 94:9He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
- Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- Proverbs 15:29The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
- Ecclesiastes 8:10Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
- Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
- Jeremiah 44:11Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
- Ezekiel 14:7For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
- Amos 9:4Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”
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