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 will perish! The enemies of Jehovah will be like the glory of the pastures. They vanish, like smoke they vanish away.
Isaiah 9:18
This wickedness is like a brushfire. It burns not only briers and thorns but the forests, too. It sends up vast clouds of smoke.
Hosea 13:3
That is why they will be like fog in the morning and like morning dew that disappears quickly. They will be like straw blown away from threshing floors. They will be like smoke rising from chimneys.

As wax

Psalm 97:5
The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of Jehovah of the whole earth.
Isaiah 64:2
Be like the fire that kindles brushwood and makes water boil. Come down to make your name known to your enemies. The nations may tremble in your presence.
Micah 1:4
The mountains melt under him. The valleys split like wax before the fire! Like waters poured down a steep place.

At the presence

Psalm 76:7
You, even you, are to be respected. Who may stand in your presence when once you are angry?
Psalm 80:16
The vine has been cut down and burned. Let them be destroyed by the threatening look on your face.
Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake because of him, and the hills melt. The earth trembles (shakes) (heaves) at his presence, yes, the world, and all that dwells in it.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
They will render 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 said to the mountains and rocks: Fall on us, and hide us from the presence of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

General references

Psalm 35:9
I will find joy in Jehovah and be joyful about his salvation.