Psalms 92:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.”
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“that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:”
King James Version · Public Domain“When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity--For their being destroyed for ever and ever!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 92:7 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 25:36When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
- Job 12:6The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
- Job 21:7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
- Psalms 37:1Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
- Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Psalms 37:38But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.
- Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
- Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
- Psalms 73:22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
- Psalms 90:5You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
- Psalms 94:4They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
- Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
- Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
- Isaiah 37:27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
- Isaiah 40:6A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
- Malachi 3:15So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
- Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
- Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
- James 1:10But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
- 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
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