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 37:20

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

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.

Psalm 97:5

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

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.

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.

Psalm 80:16

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

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 76:7

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

Isaiah 64:2

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!

Nahum 1:5-6

The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste.

2 Thessalonians 1:8-9

With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Revelation 6:16-17

They said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,

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Summary

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

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Bible References

As smoke

Psalm 37:20
But evil men will die; the Lord's enemies will be incinerated -- they will go up in smoke.
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.
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.

As wax

Psalm 97:5
The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of the whole earth.
Isaiah 64:2
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!
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.

At the presence

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.
Nahum 1:5
The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Revelation 6:16
They said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,

General references

Psalm 35:9
Then I will rejoice in the Lord and be happy because of his deliverance.

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