What other scriptures highlight God's ability to "overthrow" the wicked?

Tracing the Pattern through the Psalms and Wisdom Books

• Psalm 1:4-6 – “Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind… the way of the wicked will perish.”

• Psalm 37:12-15 – “The LORD laughs, seeing that their day is coming… their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.”

• Psalm 145:20 – “The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.”

• Proverbs 21:12 – “The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.”

• Job 5:12-14 – “He thwarts the schemes of the crafty… They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.”

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Prophets: God’s Judicial Power on Display

• Isaiah 13:11 – “I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity.”

• Nahum 1:2-3, 6 – “The LORD is avenging… the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished… Who can withstand His indignation?”

• Daniel 2:44 – God’s coming kingdom “will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms.”

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Historical Case Studies the New Testament Recalls

• 2 Peter 2:4-9 – Angels expelled, the ancient world drowned, Sodom and Gomorrah reduced to ashes; each episode proves “the Lord knows how to… hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment.”

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The Final Overthrow Still Ahead

• Revelation 19:20-21 – The beast, the false prophet, and all who follow them are eliminated as Christ rides forth in victory.

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Takeaway Themes

• God’s overthrow is certain – planned, timed, and executed by His sovereign hand.

• He acts justly yet patiently; judgment may tarry but never fails.

• Every realm—individual, national, cosmic—will ultimately witness the collapse of evil under His rule.