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.

General references

Bible References

As smoke

Psalm 37:20
But the wicked will perish;
the Lord’s enemies, like the glory of the pastures,
will fade away—
they will fade away like smoke.
Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burns like a fire
that consumes thorns and briers
and kindles the forest thickets
so that they go up in a column of smoke.
Hosea 13:3
Therefore, they will be like the morning mist,
like the early dew that vanishes,
like chaff blown from a threshing floor,
or like smoke from a window.

As wax

Psalm 97:5
The mountains melt like wax
at the presence of the Lord
at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.
Isaiah 64:2
as fire kindles the brushwood,
and fire causes water to boil—
to make Your name known to Your enemies,
so that nations will tremble at Your presence!
Micah 1:4
The mountains will melt beneath Him,
and the valleys will split apart,
like wax near a fire,
like water cascading down a mountainside.

At the presence

Psalm 76:7
And You—You are to be feared.
When You are angry,
who can stand before You?
Psalm 80:16
It was cut down and burned up;
they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake before Him,
and the hills melt;
the earth trembles at His presence—
the world and all who live in it.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
taking vengeance with flaming fire on those who don’t know God and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Revelation 6:16
And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,

General references

Psalm 35:9
Then I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will delight in His deliverance.

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