Psalms 1:5
Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
6For LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Cross References
Psalms 5:5The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight. Thou hate all workers of iniquity.
Psalms 9:16LORD has made himself known. He has executed justice. The wicked man is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Psalms 26:9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood,
Matthew 13:49So it will be at the end of the age. The heavenly agents will come forth, and separate the bad from among the righteous,
Matthew 25:41Then he will also say to those at the left hand, Depart from me, ye accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his agents.
Luke 21:36Watch ye therefore, making supplication at all times, so that ye may be considered worthy to escape all these things going to happen, and to stand before the Son of man.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 1:5-6
Description and Doom of the Ungodly. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Here is, I. The description of the ungodly given, v. 4 . 1. In general, they are the reverse of the righteous, both in character and condition: They are not so. The LXX. emphatically repeats this: Not so the… Read the whole commentary →