Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
As smoke
As wax
At the presence
General references
Bible References
As smoke
Psalm 37:20
But the wicked will perish; the enemies of the LORD are like the glory of the pastures; they vanish--like smoke they vanish away.
Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns; it kindles the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be like the morning mist or like the dew that goes early away, like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor or like smoke from a window.
As wax
Psalm 97:5
The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
Isaiah 64:2
as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil-- to make your name known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence!
Micah 1:4
And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.
At the presence
Psalm 76:7
But you, you are to be feared! Who can stand before you when once your anger is roused?
Psalm 80:16
They have burned it with fire; they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your face!
Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake before him; the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the world and all who dwell in it.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Revelation 6:16
calling to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,
General references
Psalm 35:9
Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD, exulting in his salvation.