Psalm 68:2

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked perish before God.

Psalm 37:20

But the wicked will perish;
And the enemies of the Lord will be like the glory of the pastures,
They vanish—like smoke they vanish away.

Micah 1:4

The mountains will melt under Him
And the valleys will be split,
Like wax before the fire,
Like water poured down a steep place.

Psalm 97:5

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Isaiah 9:18

For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns;
It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they will be like the morning cloud
And like dew which soon disappears,
Like chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.

Psalm 80:16

It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

Psalm 22:14

I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It is melted within me.

Psalm 76:7

You, even You, are to be feared;
And who may stand in Your presence when once You are angry?

Isaiah 64:2

As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the nations may tremble at Your presence!

Nahum 1:5-6

Mountains quake because of Him
And the hills dissolve;
Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence,
The world and all the inhabitants in it.

2 Thessalonians 1:8-9

dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Revelation 6:16-17

and they *said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;

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Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

As smoke

Psalm 37:20
But the wicked will perish;
And the enemies of the Lord will be like the glory of the pastures,
They vanish—like smoke they vanish away.
Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burns like a fire;
It consumes briars and thorns;
It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame
And they roll upward in a column of smoke.
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they will be like the morning cloud
And like dew which soon disappears,
Like chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.

As wax

Psalm 97:5
The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Isaiah 64:2
As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the nations may tremble at Your presence!
Micah 1:4
The mountains will melt under Him
And the valleys will be split,
Like wax before the fire,
Like water poured down a steep place.

At the presence

Psalm 76:7
You, even You, are to be feared;
And who may stand in Your presence when once You are angry?
Psalm 80:16
It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
Nahum 1:5
Mountains quake because of Him
And the hills dissolve;
Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence,
The world and all the inhabitants in it.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Revelation 6:16
and they *said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;

General references

Psalm 35:9
And my soul shall rejoice in the Lord;
It shall exult in His salvation.