Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
As the fat of lambs
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Bible References
But the
Psalm 68:2
As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!
Psalm 92:9
For behold, your enemies, O LORD, for behold, your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered.
Judges 5:31
"So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might."And the land had rest for forty years.
Luke 13:3
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
2 Peter 2:12
But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction,
As the fat of lambs
Deuteronomy 33:14
with the choicest fruits of the sun and the rich yield of the months,
Smoke
Psalm 102:3
For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.
Genesis 19:28
And he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley, and he looked and, behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.
Leviticus 3:3
And from the sacrifice of the peace offering, as a food offering to the LORD, he shall offer the fat covering the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,
Deuteronomy 29:20
The LORD will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the LORD and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and the curses written in this book will settle upon him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under heaven.
Hebrews 12:29
for our God is a consuming fire.
General references
Jeremiah 51:40
I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams and male goats.