Psalm 68:2

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Cross-reference

Psalm 37:20 Parallel

Psalm 37:20 uses the same smoke imagery for the wicked perishing — reinforcing the fate of God's enemies.

Psalm 97:5 Parallel

Psalm 97:5 uses the same wax-melting imagery for the earth before God — reinforcing the effect of God's presence.

Psalm 9:3 Parallel

In Psalm 9:3, enemies stumble and perish before God's presence — the same idea of perishing before God as in Psalm 68:2.

Psalm 92:9 Parallel

Psalm 92:9 declares that God's enemies will perish and be scattered, a clear parallel to the fate of the wicked here.

Psalm 80:16 Parallel

In Psalm 80:16, the wicked 'perish at the rebuke of your face' — echoing the destruction of enemies before God's presence.

Psalm 5:10 Parallel

In Psalm 5:10, the psalmist asks God to cast out the wicked — a parallel imprecatory prayer for judgment.

Psalm 22:14 Parallel

In Psalm 22:14, the same wax-melting imagery describes the psalmist's heart, while here it depicts wicked perishing before God.

Micah 1:4 Parallel

Micah 1:4 uses the same 'wax before the fire' simile for God's presence melting mountains — directly parallel to the wicked perishing like wax.

Nahum 1:5 Parallel

In Nahum 1:5, the hills 'melt' like wax — directly paralleling the melting imagery of God's enemies perishing.

In Revelation 6:17, 'who can stand?' directly echoes the question of standing before God's wrath — a strong parallel.

In Exodus 15:15, the inhabitants of Canaan 'melted away' — the same melting imagery as wax before fire.

In Numbers 10:35, Moses prays 'let your enemies be scattered' — this is the direct source for the scattering prayer in Psalm 68:2.

Ezekiel 22:21 uses melting in God's wrath, directly paralleling the wax-melting image of the wicked perishing.

In 2 Thessalonians 1:9, the wicked suffer 'eternal destruction away from the presence of the Lord' — similar to being driven away.

Jeremiah 46:15 describes the LORD driving away Egypt's valiant men, similar to the driving away of the wicked here.