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 perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, As the preciousness of lambs, Have been consumed, In smoke they have been consumed.
Isaiah 9:18
For burned as a fire hath wickedness, Brier and thorn it devoureth, And it kindleth in thickets of the forest, And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke!
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they are as a cloud of the morning, And as dew, rising early, going away, As chaff tossed about out of a floor, And as smoke out of a window.

As wax

Psalm 97:5
Hills, like wax, melted before Jehovah, Before the Lord of all the earth.
Isaiah 64:2
(As fire kindleth stubble -- Fire causeth water to boil,) To make known Thy name to Thine adversaries, From Thy presence do nations tremble.
Micah 1:4
Melted have been the mountains under Him, And the valleys do rend themselves, As wax from the presence of fire, As waters cast down by a slope.

At the presence

Psalm 76:7
Thou, fearful art Thou, And who doth stand before Thee, Since Thou hast been angry!
Psalm 80:16
Burnt with fire -- cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish.
Nahum 1:5
Mountains have shaken because of Him, And the hills have been melted; And lifted up is the earth at His presence, And the world and all dwelling in it.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
in flaming fire, giving vengeance to those not knowing God, and to those not obeying the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Revelation 6:16
and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, 'Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of Him who is sitting upon the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb,'

General references

Psalm 35:9
And my soul is joyful in Jehovah, It rejoiceth in His salvation.