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Psalms 34:21

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Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 21

This psalm was penned upon a particular occasion, as appears by the title, and yet there is little in it peculiar to that occasion, but that which is general, both by way of thanksgiving to God an instruction to us. I. He praises God for the experience which he and others had had of his goodness (Psa 34:1-6). II. He encourages all good people to trust in God and to seek to him (Psa 34:7-10). III. He gives good counsel to us all, as unto children, to take heed of sin, and to make conscience of our duty both to God and man (Psa 34:11-14). IV. To enforce this good counsel he shows God's favour to the righteous and his displeasure against the wicked, in which he sets before us good and evil, the blessing and the curse (Psa 34:15-22). So that, in singing this psalm, we are both to give glory to God and to teach and admonish ourselves and one another. A psalm of David when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.

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Strong's Concordancev. 21

רַע (raʻ, H7451) — bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) מוּת (mûwth, H4191) — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill רָשָׁע (râshâʻ, H7563) — morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person שָׂנֵא (sânêʼ, H8130) — to hate (personally) צַדִּיק (tsaddîyq, H6662) — just אָשַׁם (ʼâsham, H816) — to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish

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Psalms 94:23rank 8

He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.

Isaiah 3:11rank 7

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

Proverbs 24:16rank 6

For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.

Psalms 89:23rank 5

I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

II Thessalonians 1:9rank 5

They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

Luke 19:14rank 4

But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

Luke 19:27rank 3

And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”

II Thessalonians 1:6rank 3

After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

Psalms 40:15rank 3

May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.

I Kings 22:8rank 2

The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

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