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Psalms 145:20

Psalms 145:20 is verse 20 of Psalms chapter 145, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.

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King James Version

The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

World English Bible

Yahweh preserves all those who love him, but he will destroy all the wicked.

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Psalms 145:18–21 · Berean Standard Bible

18 The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.

19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.

20 The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.

21 My mouth will declare the praise of the LORD; let every creature bless His holy name forever and ever.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 31:23

Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.

Psalms 37:28

For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

Psalms 97:10

Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Exodus 20:6

but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

John 10:27

My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.

John 10:28

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

John 10:29

My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

Romans 8:28

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Romans 8:29

For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

Romans 8:30

And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

1 Peter 1:5

who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 1:6

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials

1 Peter 1:7

so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:8

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

Psalms 1:6

For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Psalms 9:17

The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.

Matthew 25:41

Then 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.

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