Psalm 52:5
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Cross-references
Psalm 140:9-11 prays for mischief of lips to overwhelm the wicked — echoing the uprooting judgment in Psalm 52:5.
Psalm 27:13 expresses confidence in seeing God's goodness in the land of the living, contrasting with the wicked being uprooted from it.
Psalm 37:36 describes the wicked passing away and vanishing, echoing the uprooting from the land of the living in Psalm 52:5.
Psalm 55:23 says God casts the wicked into the pit of destruction — directly parallel to God breaking them down forever here.
Psalm 116:9 speaks of walking before the Lord in the land of the living, opposite to the wicked's removal from that land in Psalm 52:5.
Psalm 120:2-4 asks what punishment awaits a deceitful tongue — directly answering the judgment pronounced in Psalm 52:5.
Psalm 37:10 echoes the same promise: the wicked will vanish completely, reinforcing the certainty of their removal.
Psalm 37:34 adds that the righteous will witness the wicked being cut off, linking judgment to the hope of inheritance.
Psalm 37:38 declares the wicked have no future, aligning with the uprooting imagery of total destruction.
Psalm 7:14-16 describes the wicked falling into their own pit — a specific form of God's judgment echoed in God breaking down the wicked here.
Psalm 64:7-10 shows God's arrows striking the wicked and their tongues turning against them — similar divine retribution as in Psalm 52:5.
Revelation 21:8 includes liars in the lake of fire — the ultimate fulfillment of God's uprooting judgment on the deceitful tongue here.
Proverbs 19:9 adds that a liar will perish — strengthening the finality of God's judgment in Psalm 52:5.
Proverbs 19:5 states a false witness will not go unpunished — directly supporting the divine punishment declared in Psalm 52:5.
Proverbs 2:22 states the wicked will be cut off and torn from the land, nearly identical to the uprooting in Psalm 52:5.
Job 20:7 says the wicked perishes forever and vanishes, matching the permanent uprooting in Psalm 52:5.
Job 18:14 uses the same 'torn from his tent' imagery for the wicked's destruction, directly paralleling Psalm 52:5.
Proverbs 10:30 directly contrasts the righteous never being uprooted with the wicked not remaining, using the same root metaphor.
2 Chronicles 7:20 repeats the uprooting language as a covenant curse, showing the same pattern of judgment against the wicked.
1 Kings 14:15 also uses 'uproot' for God's judgment on Israel, reinforcing the theme of divine removal from the land.
Proverbs 21:12 explicitly states that the Righteous One brings the wicked to ruin, directly reinforcing the judgment in Psalm 52:5.
Jeremiah 11:19 uses the exact phrase 'cut off from the land of the living' — the same idiom for destruction.
Luke 12:20 has God demanding the fool's life that very night — a sudden judgment mirroring being snatched away.
Deuteronomy 29:28 describes God uprooting Israel for covenant disobedience, mirroring the uprooting judgment on the wicked individual here.
Isaiah 22:25 uses the image of a peg being sheared off and falling — like being plucked from a tent here.
Ezekiel 19:12 describes a vine being uprooted in fury — similar imagery of being uprooted from the land.
Proverbs 12:19 contrasts truthful lips enduring with a lying tongue lasting only a moment — reinforcing the temporary nature of the deceitful tongue judged here.
Proverbs 15:25 shows God tearing down the proud's house, similar to uprooting the wicked from their tent.