Psalms 34:16 · KJV
“The face of the LORD {is} against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.”
— Psalms 34:16
The eyes of the LORD {are} upon the righteous, and his ears {are open} unto their cry.
{The righteous} cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Psalms 34 — Context
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
15The eyes of the LORD {are} upon the righteous, and his ears {are open} unto their cry.
16The face of the LORD {is} against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17{The righteous} cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18The LORD {is} nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. {unto...: Heb. to the broken of heart} {of a contrite...: Heb. contrite of spirit}
Cross References
Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the just {is} blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Jeremiah 44:11
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
Jeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, {and} they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
Job 18:17
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
Leviticus 17:10
And whatsoever man {there be} of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Amos 9:4
And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
Ezekiel 14:7-8
For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
Psalms 10:16
The LORD {is} King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.