Psalms 34:16
The LORD’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth.
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In Context
15The LORD’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
17The righteous cry, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.
Cross References
Leviticus 17:10“‘Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who eats any kind 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 memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.
Psalms 10:16The LORD is King forever and ever! The nations will perish out of his land.
Psalms 33:18Behold, the LORD’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness,
Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Ecclesiastes 8:10So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. 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 →