Psalms 73:18

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“Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.”

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BSBPD

“Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 73:18 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
  2. Psalms 35:6May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
  3. Psalms 37:20But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
  4. Psalms 37:24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
  5. Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
  6. 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.
  7. Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
  8. Psalms 92:8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!
  9. Psalms 94:23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
  10. Jeremiah 23:12“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
  11. 2 Thessalonians 1:9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

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