Psalms 5:6
\5:5\The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a hater of all workers of evil.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
In Context
5\5:4\For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.
Cross References
Genesis 34:25But on the third day after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came into the town by surprise and put all the males to death.
2 Samuel 20:1Now by chance there was present a good-for-nothing person named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he, sounding the horn, said, We have no part in David, or any interest in the son of Jesse: let every man go to his tent, O Israel.
Psalms 11:5The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.
Psalms 43:1Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.
Isaiah 26:21For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.
Revelation 21:8But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 5:2-7
Prayer for Guidance and Protection. 1 Give ear to my words, O Lord , consider my meditation. 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord ; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing:… Read the whole commentary →