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Psalms 145:20

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

KJV

Jehovah preserveth all them that love him; But all the wicked will he destroy.

ASV

שׁוֹמֵ֣ר יְ֭הוָה אֶת כָּל אֹהֲבָ֑י/ו וְ/אֵ֖ת כָּל הָ/רְשָׁעִ֣ים יַשְׁמִֽיד

Hebrew

Jehovah preserveth all those loving Him, And all the wicked He destroyeth.

YLT

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

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 90×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 1:5 — Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • Deut 10:12 — And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy s
  • Exod 20:6 — And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
  • Gen 6:8 — But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
  • Gen 19:29 — And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
  • Jas 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
  • John 10:27 — My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
  • Matt 25:41 — Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
  • Prov 2:8 — He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
  • Prov 2:22 — But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
  • Ps 1:6 — For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
  • Ps 9:5 — Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
  • Ps 9:17 — The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
  • Ps 12:7 — Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
  • Ps 31:23 — O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
  • Ps 31:23 — O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
  • Ps 37:28 — For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
  • Ps 97:10 — Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
  • Ps 97:10 — Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
  • Ps 121:7 — The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
  • Rom 8:28 — And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.