Proverbs 2:22
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22 but the wicked will be cut off from the earth,
and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.(A)
Psalm 52:5
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5 But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah(A)
Isaiah 3:10-11
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10 Tell the innocent how fortunate they are,
for they shall eat the fruit of their labors.(A)
11 Woe to the guilty! How unfortunate they are,
for what their hands have done shall be done to them.(B)
Psalm 37:28
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28 For the Lord loves justice;
he will not forsake his faithful ones.
The righteous shall be kept safe forever,
but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.(A)
Deuteronomy 28:63-64
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63 And just as the Lord took delight in making you prosperous and numerous, so the Lord will take delight in bringing you to ruin and destruction; you shall be plucked off the land that you are entering to possess.(A) 64 The Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.(B)
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Deuteronomy 7:22
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22 The Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to make a quick end of them, otherwise the wild animals would become too numerous for you.(A)
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Proverbs 10:30
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30 The righteous will never totter,
but the wicked will not remain on the earth.(A)
Psalm 145:20
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20 The Lord watches over all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.(A)
Job 18:16-18
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16 Their roots dry up beneath,
and their branches wither above.(A)
17 Their memory perishes from the earth,
and they have no name in the street.(B)
18 They are thrust from light into darkness
and driven out of the world.
Proverbs 5:22-23
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22 The iniquities of the wicked ensnare them,
and they are caught in the coils of their sin.(A)
23 They die for lack of discipline,
and because of their great folly they are lost.(B)
Psalm 104:35
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35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Praise the Lord!(A)
Psalm 37:37-38
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37 Mark the blameless and behold the upright,
for there is posterity for the peaceable.(A)
38 But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed;
the posterity of the wicked shall be cut off.(B)
Job 21:30
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30 that the wicked are spared in the day of calamity
and are rescued in the day of wrath?(A)
Psalm 37:22
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22 surely those blessed by the Lord shall inherit the land,
but those cursed by him shall be cut off.(A)
Psalm 37:20
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20 But the wicked perish,
and the enemies of the Lord are like the glory of the pastures;
they vanish—like smoke they vanish away.(A)
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