Psalms 37:20 · KJV
“But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD {shall be} as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. {the fat: Heb. the preciousness}”
— Psalms 37:20
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Psalms 37 — Context
The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
19They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD {shall be} as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. {the fat: Heb. the preciousness}
21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
22For {such as be} blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and {they that be} cursed of him shall be cut off.
Cross References
Psalms 68:2
As smoke is driven away, {so} drive {them} away: as wax melteth before the fire, {so} let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Psalms 102:3
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. {like...: or, (as some read) into smoke}
Luke 13:3
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Deuteronomy 33:14-16
And for the precious fruits {brought forth} by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, {put: Heb. thrust} {moon: Heb. moons}
Judges 5:31
So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but {let} them that love him {be} as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
Psalms 92:9
For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Leviticus 3:3-11
And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that {is} upon the inwards, {fat: or, suet}
Genesis 19:28
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.