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Psalms 139:19
Psalms 139:19 is verse 19 of Psalms chapter 139, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
King James Version
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
World English Bible
If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
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Psalms 139:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
18 If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
19 O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
20 who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21 Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
Psalms 94:23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
Psalms 6:8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
Psalms 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Matthew 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”