Psalms 37:38

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“But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.”

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BSBPD

“But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together: The end of the wicked shall be cut off.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 37:38 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Chronicles 28:6For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  2. Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
  3. Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
  4. 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
  5. Psalms 73:17until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
  6. Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
  7. Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
  8. Matthew 13:49So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,
  9. Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
  10. 2 Thessalonians 1:8in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

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