Psalms 1:5
For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,
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4The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.
6Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.
Cross References
Psalms 5:5\5:4\For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.
Psalms 9:16\9:15\The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
Psalms 26:9Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;
Matthew 13:49So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good,
Matthew 25:41Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:
Luke 21:36But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place 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 →