Psalm 1:4

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Cross-reference

Psalm 35:5 Parallel

Psalm 35:5 uses the exact same 'chaff before the wind' imagery for the wicked, reinforcing the fate of the ungodly described in Psalm 1:4.

Psalm 92:9 Related theme

Psalm 92:9 says enemies will perish and be scattered, similar to chaff being driven away, but without the specific simile.

Psalm 104:35 Related theme

Psalm 104:35 calls for sinners to be consumed from the earth, echoing the removal of the wicked in Psalm 1:4.

Job 21:18 Parallel

Job 21:18 uses the same chaff-in-the-wind simile for the wicked, reinforcing their fleeting, doomed existence.

Isaiah 17:13 applies the chaff-blown-by-wind image to hostile nations, showing God's judgment scatters them like chaff.

Isaiah 29:5 Parallel

Isaiah 29:5 compares foreign foes to passing chaff, echoing the fate of the wicked as transient and easily swept away.

Hosea 13:3 Parallel

Hosea 13:3 lists chaff swirling from the threshing floor among images of ephemeral things, paralleling the wicked's instability.

Matthew 3:12 expands the chaff image to include burning with fire, adding a final judgment dimension to the wicked's end.

Isaiah 41:16 uses winnowing and wind carrying away enemies, directly mirroring the chaff image of the wicked's dispersal.

Jeremiah 13:24 directly says 'I will scatter you like chaff driven by the wind' — a clear parallel to the wicked as chaff.

Jeremiah 15:7 uses winnowing imagery, the process that produces chaff, reinforcing the fate of the wicked.

Daniel 2:35 Parallel

Daniel 2:35 explicitly says the statue became like chaff and wind carried it away — identical imagery to Psalm 1:4.

Zephaniah 2:2 says 'the day passes like chaff' — directly using chaff imagery for transience, like the wicked.

Luke 3:17 Parallel

In Luke 3:17, John the Baptist uses the same chaff imagery for the wicked being burned, echoing the fate of the wicked in Psalm 1:4.

Isaiah 57:13 uses wind carrying away idols, echoing the fate of the wicked as chaff blown away.