Psalms 1:5
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
King James Version
In Context
4The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Cross References
Psalms 5:5The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Psalms 26:9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
Matthew 13:49So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
Matthew 25:41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Luke 21:36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
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 →