Psalms 34:16

Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 34

“The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.”Psalms 34:16

What Does Psalms 34:16 Mean?

Psalms 34:16 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 34, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (19)

These passages are connected to Psalms 34:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Proverbs 10:7“The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.”Job 18:17“His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.”Jeremiah 17:13“O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.”Jeremiah 44:11“Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.”Psalms 109:15“Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.”Leviticus 17:10“And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.”Jeremiah 23:30“Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.”Ezekiel 15:7“And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.”Deuteronomy 32:26“I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:”Jeremiah 21:10“For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.”Amos 9:4“And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.”Leviticus 26:17“And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.”Ruth 4:10“Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.”Job 13:12“Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.”Psalms 9:6“O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.”Psalms 10:16“The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.”Ecclesiastes 8:10“And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.”Ezekiel 14:7“For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:”Ezekiel 14:8“And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.”

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