Psalm 58:9

New Century Version

His anger will blow them away alive faster than burning thorns can heat a pot.

Cross References

Job 18:18

They will be driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.

Job 27:21

The east wind will carry them away, and then they are gone, because it sweeps them out of their place.

Job 3:16

Why was I not buried like a child born dead, like a baby who never saw the light of day?

Psalm 10:2

Proudly the wicked chase down those who suffer. Let them be caught in their own traps.

Psalm 10:5

They always succeed. They are far from keeping your laws; they make fun of their enemies.

Psalm 118:12

They surrounded me like a swarm of bees, but they died as quickly as thorns burn. By the Lord’s power, I defeated them.

Psalm 55:23

But, God, you will bring down the wicked to the grave. Murderers and liars will live only half a lifetime. But I will trust in you.

Proverbs 1:27

when disaster comes over you like a storm, when trouble strikes you like a whirlwind, when pain and trouble overwhelm you.

Proverbs 10:25

A storm will blow the evil person away, but a good person will always be safe.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked are ruined by their own evil, but those who do right are protected even in death.

Ecclesiastes 7:6

The laughter of fools is like the crackling of thorns in a cooking fire. Both are useless.

Isaiah 17:13

The people roar like the waves, but when God speaks harshly to them, they will run away. They will be like chaff on the hills being blown by the wind, or like tumbleweeds blown away by a storm.

Isaiah 40:24

They are like plants that are placed in the ground, like seeds that are planted. As soon as they begin to grow strong, he blows on them and they die, and the wind blows them away like chaff.

Jeremiah 23:19

Look, the punishment from the Lord will come like a storm. His anger will be like a hurricane. It will come swirling down on the heads of those wicked people.

Numbers 16:30

But if the Lord does something new, you will know they have insulted the Lord. The ground will open and swallow them. They will be buried alive and will go to the place of the dead, and everything that belongs to them will go with them.”