Psalms 37:13

The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

World English Bible Classic

In The King James Version

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

In Context

12The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill those who are upright on the path.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:10David said, “As the LORD lives, the LORD will strike him; or his day shall come to die, or he shall go down into battle and perish.

Psalms 2:4He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.

Isaiah 2:12For there will be a day of the LORD of Armies for all that is proud and arrogant, and for all that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low—

Ezekiel 21:25“‘You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,

Daniel 5:26“This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE: God has counted your kingdom, and brought it to an end.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 37:8-21

Exhortations and Promises. 7 Rest in the Lord , and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord , they shall inherit the earth. 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 11 But the meek shall… Read the whole commentary →

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