Psalm 68:2
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2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
as wax melts before the fire,
let the wicked perish before God.(A)
Micah 1:4
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4 Then the mountains will melt under him,
and the valleys will burst open
like wax near the fire,
like waters poured down a slope.(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)
Hosea 13:3
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3 Therefore they shall be like the morning mist
or like the dew that goes away early,
like chaff that swirls from the threshing floor
or like smoke from a window.(A)
Isaiah 9:18
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18 For wickedness burned like a fire,
consuming briers and thorns;
it kindled the thickets of the forest,
and they swirled upward in a column of smoke.(A)
Psalm 97:5
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5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,
before the Lord of all the earth.(A)
Psalm 80:16
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16 It has been burned with fire; it has been cut down;
may they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.(A)
Revelation 6:16-17
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16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,(A) 17 for the great day of their[a] wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”(B)
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- 6.17 Other ancient authorities read his
2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
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8 in a fiery flame, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.(A) 9 These will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,(B)
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Nahum 1:5-6
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5 The mountains quake before him,
and the hills melt;
the earth heaves before him,
the world and all who live in it.(A)
6 Who can stand before his indignation?
Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire,
and by him the rocks are broken in pieces.(B)
Isaiah 64:2
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2 [a]as when fire kindles brushwood
and the fire causes water to boil—
to make your name known to your adversaries,
so that the nations might tremble at your presence!(A)
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- 64.2 64.1 in Heb
Psalm 76:7
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7 But you indeed are awesome!
Who can stand before you
when your anger is roused?(A)
Psalm 22:14
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14 I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax;
it is melted within my breast;(A)
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