Psalms 1:6
For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!
Young's Literal Translation
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 rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.
Psalms 9:6O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.
Psalms 112:10The wicked seeth, and hath been angry, His teeth he gnasheth, and hath melted, The desire of the wicked doth perish!
Psalms 142:3When my spirit hath been feeble in me, Then Thou hast known my path; In the way [in] which I walk, They have hid a snare for me.
Psalms 146:9Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.
Proverbs 15:9An abomination to Jehovah [is] the way of the wicked, And whoso is pursuing righteousness He loveth.
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 →