Psalms 1:6
For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Majority Standard Bible
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 wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
Psalms 9:6The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
Psalms 112:10The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
Psalms 142:3Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
Psalms 146:9The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
Proverbs 15:9The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
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 →