Psalm 68:2

New English Translation

As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:13

So Joab and his men marched out to do battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him.

2 Samuel 10:18

The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 700 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach, the general in command of the army, who died there.

Psalm 22:14

My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

Psalm 37:20

But evil men will die; the Lord’s enemies will be incinerated – they will go up in smoke.

Psalm 76:7

You are awesome! Yes, you! Who can withstand your intense anger?

Psalm 80:16

It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them.

Psalm 97:5

The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of the whole earth.

Isaiah 33:3

The nations run away when they hear a loud noise; the nations scatter when you spring into action!

Isaiah 64:2

(64:1) As when fire ignites dry wood, or fire makes water boil, let your adversaries know who you are, and may the nations shake at your presence!

Isaiah 9:18

For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

Jeremiah 46:15

Why will your soldiers be defeated? They will not stand because I, the Lord, will thrust them down.

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they will disappear like the morning mist, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff that is blown away from a threshing floor, like smoke that disappears through an open window.

Micah 1:4

The mountains will disintegrate beneath him, and the valleys will be split in two. The mountains will melt like wax in a fire, the rocks will slide down like water cascading down a steep slope.

Numbers 10:35

And when the ark traveled, Moses would say, “Rise up, O Lord! May your enemies be scattered, and may those who hate you flee before you!”