Psalm 97:5

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Cross-references

Psalm 46:6 Parallel

Psalm 46:6 also describes the earth melting at God's voice — a direct parallel to mountains melting like wax.

Psalm 68:2 Parallel

Psalm 68:2 uses the exact simile 'as wax melts before fire' for the wicked perishing — mirroring the mountains melting.

Psalm 104:32 says God touches mountains and they smoke — a parallel theophanic response to God's presence.

Psalm 114:7 Parallel

Psalm 114:7 calls the earth to tremble at the Lord's presence — same motif of creation reacting to God.

Judges 5:4 Parallel

Judges 5:4 recounts the earth shaking when God marched from Seir, paralleling the mountains melting in Psalm 97:5.

Judges 5:5 Allusion

Judges 5:5 says mountains quaked before the LORD, directly echoing the melting mountains of Psalm 97:5.

Micah 1:4 Allusion

Micah 1:4 uses the exact same image: mountains melting like wax before God, directly echoing this verse.

Nahum 1:5 Allusion

Nahum 1:5 combines quaking and melting of mountains/hills before God, closely paralleling the imagery here.

In Habakkuk 3:10, mountains writhe at God's presence — the same theophanic response of creation trembling before the Lord.

Isaiah 64:1 Allusion

Isaiah 64:1 echoes the same theophanic imagery: mountains quaking at God's presence, paralleling the melting here.

Habakkuk 3:6 depicts mountains scattered and hills sinking at God's presence, akin to the melting here.

In 2 Peter 3:10, the elements dissolve in fire — echoing the melting mountains imagery as a picture of final judgment.