Psalms 37:20
Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 37
“But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.”Psalms 37:20
What Does Psalms 37:20 Mean?
Psalms 37:20 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 37, verse 20 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Psalms 37:20 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 68:2“As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.”Genesis 6:7“And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.”Psalms 92:9“For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.”Psalms 102:3“For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.”Luke 13:3“I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”Deuteronomy 33:14“And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,”Judges 5:31“So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.”Genesis 19:28“And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.”Leviticus 3:3“And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,”2 Peter 2:12“But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;”Leviticus 3:16“And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD’s.”Psalms 73:18“Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.”Proverbs 10:29“The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.”Luke 13:5“I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”Leviticus 6:10“And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.”Deuteronomy 29:20“The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.”Psalms 18:37“I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.”Proverbs 2:22“But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.”Isaiah 9:18“For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.”
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