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 by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.
Psalm 92:9
Indeed, look at your enemies, O Lord! Indeed, look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered!
Judges 5:31
May all your enemies perish like this, O Lord! But may those who love you shine like the rising sun at its brightest!" And the land had rest for forty years.
Luke 13:3
No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you will all perish as well!
2 Peter 2:12
But these men, like irrational animals -- creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed -- do not understand whom they are insulting, and consequently in their destruction they will be destroyed,
As the fat of lambs
Deuteronomy 33:14
with the harvest produced by the daylight and by the moonlight;
Smoke
Psalm 102:3
For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.
Genesis 19:28
He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.
Leviticus 3:3
Then the one presenting the offering must present a gift to the Lord from the peace offering sacrifice: He must remove the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that surrounds the entrails,
Deuteronomy 29:20
The Lord will be unwilling to forgive him, and his intense anger will rage against that man; all the curses written in this scroll will fall upon him and the Lord will obliterate his name from memory.
Hebrews 12:29
For our God is indeed a devouring fire.
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Jeremiah 51:40
"I will lead them off to be slaughtered like lambs, rams, and male goats."