Psalms 11:6
He will rain snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5LORD tries the righteous man, but his soul hates the wicked man and him who loves violence.
7For LORD is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright man shall behold his face.
Cross References
Genesis 43:34And he took [and sent] portions to them from before him, but Benjamin's portion was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
1 Samuel 1:4And when the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions,
Job 18:10A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
Job 20:23When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and will rain it upon him while he is eating.
Job 27:22For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare. He would gladly flee out of his hand.
Psalms 18:13LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 11:5-7
4 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord 's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. 5 The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. 7 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. The shaking of a tree (they say) makes it take the deeper and faster root. The attempt of… Read the whole commentary →