Verse 23

But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 15:32 : 32 His branch is cut off before its time, and his leaf is no longer green.
  • Ps 5:6 : 6 You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.
  • Prov 10:27 : 27 The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.
  • Isa 38:17 : 17 See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory.
  • Matt 27:4-5 : 4 Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business. 5 And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well, my brother? And with his right hand he took him by the hair of his chin to give him a kiss. 10 But Amasa did not see danger from the sword which was now in Joab's left hand, and Joab put it through his stomach so that his inside came out on to the earth, and he did not give him another blow. So Joab and his brother Abishai went on after Sheba, the son of Bichri.
  • 1 Kgs 2:5-6 : 5 Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause. 6 So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.
  • Prov 15:11 : 11 Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!
  • Prov 27:20 : 20 The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.
  • Eccl 7:17 : 17 Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made 16 His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
  • Ps 25:2 : 2 O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me.
  • Ps 58:9 : 9 Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.
  • Ps 59:12-13 : 12 Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit, 13 Put an end to them in your wrath, put an end to them, so that they may not be seen again; let them see that God is ruling in Jacob and to the ends of the earth. (Selah.)
  • Ps 73:18 : 18 You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.