1 Corinthians 13:6
[does] not rejoice over unrighteousness, and rejoices with the truth;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
In Context
5does not act unseemly, does not seek its own things, is not provoked, does not impute evil,
7it bears all things, it believes all, it hopes all, it endures all.
Cross References
Exodus 18:9And Jethro rejoices for all the good which YHWH has done to Israel, whom He has delivered from the hand of the Egyptians;
1 Samuel 23:19And the Ziphites go up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding himself with us in fortresses, in the forest, in the height of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of the desolate place?
Psalms 10:3Because the wicked has boasted || Of the desire of his soul, || And he has blessed a dishonest gainer, || He has despised YHWH.
Proverbs 14:9Fools mock at a guilt-offering, || And among the upright—a pleasing thing.
Jeremiah 13:17And if you do not hear it, || My soul weeps in secret places, because of pride, || Indeed, it weeps and wails, || And the tear comes down my eyes, || For the flock of YHWH has been taken captive.
Hosea 4:8The sin of My people they eat, || And to their iniquity lift up their soul.
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 →