Psalm 68:2
As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
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As smoke

Psalm 37:20
But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.

Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets which roll upward in columns 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, and like smoke through an open window.

as wax

Psalm 97:5
The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

Isaiah 64:2
as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the 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 before the fire, like water cascading down a slope.

in the presence

Psalm 76:7
You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?

Psalm 80:16
Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

Nahum 1:5, 6
The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence--the world and all its dwellers. . . .

2 Thessalonians 1:8, 9
in blazing fire. He will inflict vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. . . .

Revelation 6:16, 17
And they said to the mountains and 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. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish before God.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As smoke is blown away, so You blow them away. As wax melts before the fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.

International Standard Version
As smoke is driven away, so you drive them away. As wax melts in the presence of fire, so the wicked die in the presence of God.

NET Bible
As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they will vanish like smoke vanishes, and as wax is melted before fire, the wicked shall be destroyed from before God.
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