Psalms 34:16
(The face of LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.)
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
15The eyes of LORD are toward the righteous, and his ears are [open] to their prayer (LXX/NT).
17They cried, and LORD heard, and delivered them out of all their troubles.
Cross References
Leviticus 17:10And whatever man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who eats any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Job 18:17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
Psalms 10:16LORD is King forever and ever. The nations have perished out of his land.
Psalms 33:18Behold, the eye of LORD is upon those who fear him, upon those who hope in his loving kindness,
Proverbs 10:7The memory of a righteous man is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Ecclesiastes 8:10So I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were praised in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 34:12-22
An Exhortation to Fear God; The Privileges of the Righteous. 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord . 12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 16 The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of… Read the whole commentary →