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.

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Bible References

As smoke

Psalm 37:20
But the wicked shall perish. The enemies of the LORD shall be like the beauty of the fields. They will vanish?vanish like smoke.
Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they will be like the morning mist, and like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.

As wax

Psalm 97:5
The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Isaiah 64:2
as when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the waters to boil; to make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence.
Micah 1:4
The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.

At the presence

Psalm 76:7
You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?
Psalm 80:16
It's burned with fire. It's cut down. They perish at your rebuke.
Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
giving vengeance to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,
Revelation 6:16
They told the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,

General references

Psalm 35:9
My soul shall be joyful in the LORD. It shall rejoice in his salvation.