Psalm 145:20

English Standard Version 2016

The Lord preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.

Cross References

Exodus 20:6

but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Psalm 97:10

O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Psalm 31:23

Love the Lord, all you his saints! The Lord preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.

Psalm 9:5

You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Psalm 9:17

The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.

Psalm 1:6

for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?

Matthew 25:41

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Psalm 37:28

For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

1 Samuel 2:9

“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.

Psalm 104:35

Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!