Psalms 1:6
For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
In Context
5Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the just.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength.
Psalms 9:6You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.
Psalms 142:3For the enemy has pursued my soul. He has lowered my life to the earth. He has stationed me in darkness, like the dead of ages past.
Psalms 146:9He gives their food to beasts of burden and to young ravens that call upon him.
Proverbs 15:9The way of the impious is an abomination to the Lord. Whoever pursues justice is loved by him.
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 →