Psalms 1:5
For this cause, shall the lawless not stand in the judgment,—nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4Not so, the lawless,—but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:
6For Yahweh doth acknowledge the way of the righteous; but, the way of the lawless, shall vanish.
Cross References
Psalms 5:5Boasters, shall not station themselves, before thine eyes,—Thou hatest all workers of iniquity:
Psalms 9:16To be known is Yahweh, by the sentence he hath executed, By the doing of his own hands, is he about to strike down the lawless one. [Resounding music. Selah.]
Psalms 26:9Do not remove, with sinners, my soul, nor, with men of bloodshed, my life;
Matthew 13:49So, will it be in the conclusion of the age: The messengers will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous;
Matthew 25:41Then, will he say unto those also, on his left hand: Depart ye from me, accursed ones! Into the age-abiding fire, which hath been prepared for the adversary and his messengers;
Luke 21:36But be watching in every season, making supplication, that ye may gain full vigour, to escape all these things that are about to be coming 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 →