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Psalms 1:6

For the way of the righteous is dear to the Lord, but the way of the wicked will end in ruin.

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In The King James Version

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

In Context

5So the wicked will not stand firm in the judgment, nor sinners appear, when the righteous are gathered.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:6The foe is vanished, ruined forever, their cities destroyed, their memory perished.

Psalms 112:10The sight of them fills the wicked with anger: grinding their teeth with despair. The hopes of the wicked will come to nothing.

Psalms 142:3When my spirit is faint within me, my path is known to you. In the way I am wont to walk in, they have hidden a trap for me.

Psalms 146:9The Lord preserves the stranger, upholds the widow and orphan, but the wicked he leads to disaster.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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