1 Corinthians 13:6
It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
In Context
7Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.
Cross References
Exodus 18:9And Jethro was glad because the Lord had been good to Israel, freeing them from the power of the Egyptians.
1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Gibeah to see Saul, and said, Is not David living secretly among us in the strong places in Horesh, in the hill of Hachilah to the south of the waste land?
Psalms 10:3For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.
Proverbs 14:9In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.
Jeremiah 13:17But if you do not give ear to it, my soul will be weeping in secret for your pride; my eye will be weeping bitterly, streaming with water, because the Lord's flock has been taken away as prisoners.
Hosea 4:8The sin of my people is like food to them; and their desire is for their wrongdoing.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 13:5-8
Charity Described. ( a. d. 57.) 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. The apostle gives us in these verses some of the properties and effects of charity, both to describe and commend it, that we may know whether… Read the whole commentary →