Psalms 11:6
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
5The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
7For the LORD is righteous; he loveth righteousness: the upright shall behold his face.
Cross References
Genesis 43:34And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess 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 shall cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
Job 27:22For God shall hurl at him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
Psalms 18:13The LORD 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 →