Psalm 109:15

Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Cross-references

Psalm 109:13 asks to cut off posterity and blot out name — same imprecatory theme within the same psalm.

Psalm 34:16 Parallel

Psalm 34:16 uses identical language: 'cut off the memory of them from the earth' — a direct verbal parallel.

Psalm 90:8 Parallel

Psalm 90:8 also speaks of sins set before God's face — here the psalmist asks that enemies' sins be ever before Him for judgment.

Hosea 7:2 Parallel

Hosea 7:2 states God remembers all evil and it is before His face — directly parallel to the request in Psalm 109:15.

Ruth 4:10 Contrast

Ruth 4:10 aims to perpetuate a name, not cut it off — opposite intention to Psalm 109:15's request.

Proverbs 10:7 says the name of the wicked will rot — directly parallel to the plea to cut off their memory.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 states the dead are forgotten — echoing the fate of the wicked whose memory is cut off.

Jeremiah 18:23 asks God not to blot out their sin but to remember it for judgment — parallel imprecatory plea.

Lamentations 1:22 calls for God to repay evil to enemies — parallel to the imprecatory plea to cut off memory.

Job 18:17 Parallel

Job 18:17 says memory perishes from the earth — same fate for the wicked as requested in Psalm 109:15.

Deuteronomy 32:34 describes sins stored up in God's treasuries — a parallel image of divine record-keeping for judgment.

Isaiah 65:15 says the wicked's name becomes a curse and they are put to death — parallel judgment erasing memory.

Jeremiah 2:22 says guilt remains before God despite washing — echoing the plea that sins be always before Him.

Amos 8:7 Parallel

Amos 8:7 has God swearing never to forget their deeds — similar divine remembrance for judgment as in Psalm 109:15.