Psalms 34:16

They have been scattered, yet they were unremorseful. They have tested me. They scoffed at me with scorn. They gnashed their teeth over me.

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In The King James Version

The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

In Context

15And they have been joyful against me, and they joined together. Scourges have been gathered over me, and I was ignorant of it.

17Lord, when will you look down upon me? Restore my soul from before their malice, my only one from before the lions.

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Cross References

Leviticus 17:10Any man at all of the house of Israel, or of the newcomers who sojourn among them, if he has eaten blood, I will harden my face against his soul, and I will drive him from his people.

Job 18:17Let the memory of him perish from the earth, and let not his name be celebrated in the streets.

Psalms 33:18The just cried out, and the Lord heard them, and he freed them from all their tribulations.

Proverbs 10:7The remembrance of the just is with praises. And the name of the impious shall decay.

Ecclesiastes 8:10I have seen the impious buried. These same, while they were still living, were in the holy place, and they were praised in the city as workers of justice. But this, too, is emptiness.

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 →

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