Psalms 1:6
For the way of the righteous is dear to the Lord, but the way of the wicked will end in ruin.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
In Context
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 →