Psalm 58:7

Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

Cross-references

Psalm 64:7 Parallel

Psalm 64:7 says God shoots arrows at enemies — the same archery imagery of divine judgment, directly paralleling the bow here.

Psalm 22:14 Parallel

Psalm 22:14 uses 'poured out like water' for personal suffering — the same melting/water metaphor applied to the psalmist.

Psalm 112:10 echoes the fate of the wicked: they waste away and their longing perishes, paralleling the vanishing water imagery here.

Exodus 15:15 uses the same 'melt away' verb for terrified enemies, reinforcing the image of foes dissolving like water.

Joshua 7:5 Parallel

Joshua 7:5 says hearts 'melted and became like water' — the same vivid metaphor for collapse and defeat.

Joshua 2:9-11 describes Canaanite hearts melting in fear, a direct parallel to the melting imagery of the wicked's judgment.

1 Samuel 14:16 describes an army 'melting away' — the same verb for scattering and vanishing as the flowing water here.

Isaiah 13:7 Parallel

Isaiah 13:7 says 'every heart will melt with fear' in judgment, a close parallel to the vanishing water curse here.

2 Samuel 17:10 uses 'melt with fear' for even the bravest, mirroring the dissolution of the wicked in this verse.