Psalm 37:36

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

Cross-reference

Psalm 37:10 Parallel

Psalm 37:10 repeats the same promise that the wicked will vanish — a near-identical statement within the same psalm.

Psalm 37:2 Parallel

Psalm 37:2 earlier in the same psalm says the wicked fade like grass — reinforcing the same fate of disappearance here.

Psalm 37:9 Parallel

Psalm 37:9 states evildoers will be cut off — directly parallel to the wicked's disappearance here.

Psalm 92:7 Parallel

Psalm 92:7 says the wicked flourish but are doomed to destruction — same fate as the wicked who passes away here.

Psalm 58:8 Allusion

Psalm 58:8 prays for the wicked to dissolve and vanish — echoing the disappearance of the wicked here.

Psalm 52:5 Parallel

Psalm 52:5 describes God breaking down the wicked and uprooting them — same fate as the wicked who passes away here.

Isaiah 10:33 uses tree imagery (lopping off boughs) to depict the wicked's fall — mirroring the tree metaphor in Psalm 37:35-36.

Isaiah 10:16-19 describes God's judgment consuming the arrogant Assyrian king — parallel to the wicked vanishing.

Isaiah 10:34 continues the tree-cutting imagery of judgment — the wicked are cut down like a forest.

Job 20:5-29 details the brief joy and sudden ruin of the wicked — a thematic parallel to their disappearance here.

Acts 12:23 Parallel

Acts 12:23 shows Herod's sudden death by divine judgment — a parallel to the wicked's sudden disappearance in Psalm 37:36.

Isaiah 41:12 says enemies will be sought but not found, exactly matching the search that yields nothing in Psalm 37:36.

Ezekiel 26:21 explicitly says Tyre 'shall be no more' and 'though sought, never found' — a near-identical statement.

Daniel 11:19 says the king 'shall stumble and fall, and not be found' — directly echoing the 'could not be found' here.

Isaiah 17:14 uses the same phrase 'they are no more' to describe enemies disappearing overnight, directly mirroring the wicked's sudden end.

Esther 7:9 Parallel

Esther 7:9 describes Haman's execution — a direct parallel to the wicked being suddenly gone.

Revelation 18:21 declares Babylon 'found no more at all' — identical language to the wicked being sought and not found.

Proverbs 21:12 Related theme

Proverbs 21:12 says God casts the wicked down to ruin — same outcome as the wicked who disappears here.

Job 24:24 Parallel

Job 24:24 describes the wicked being exalted briefly then gone — same theme as the wicked who passes away and cannot be found here.

Job 20:9 Parallel

Job 20:9 describes the wicked's disappearance — the same fate as the wicked here who cannot be found.

Job 8:18 Parallel

Job 8:18 says the wicked are destroyed from their place and forgotten — directly parallels the sudden disappearance.

Job 5:3 Parallel

Job 5:3 describes the foolish taking root then suddenly cursed — mirrors the wicked's swift disappearance.

Job 4:20 Parallel

Job 4:20 says the wicked are destroyed between morning and evening, perishing unnoticed — same sudden end.

Proverbs 29:16 Related theme

Proverbs 29:16 echoes the theme of the wicked's downfall, though it focuses on the righteous witnessing it rather than the wicked vanishing.