Psalms 37:10

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“Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.”

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BSBPD

“Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 37:10 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 25:38About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
  2. 2 Kings 9:25And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
  3. 2 Kings 9:34Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”
  4. Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
  5. Job 7:10He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
  6. Job 7:21Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
  7. Job 14:10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
  8. Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
  9. Job 20:8He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
  10. Job 20:9The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
  11. Job 24:24They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
  12. Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
  13. Psalms 49:10For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
  14. Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
  15. Psalms 58:10The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
  16. Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
  17. Psalms 103:16when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
  18. Psalms 107:42The upright see and rejoice, and all iniquity shuts its mouth.
  19. Proverbs 14:11The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
  20. Isaiah 14:16Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,
  21. Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
  22. Luke 16:27‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,
  23. Hebrews 10:36You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
  24. 1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.

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