Bible verse

Psalm 34:16

But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

Psalm 34:16 · BSB

Psalm 34:16 in context

The verses around it, from Psalm 34.

12 Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?

13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from deceitful speech.

14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

16 But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.

18 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.

20 He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.

Read all of Psalm 34

Psalm 34:16 in other translations

KJV

The face of the LORD [is] against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

ASV

The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

ERV

The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

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