Psalms 1:6

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Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

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  • Nah 1:7 : 7 The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.
  • John 10:14 : 14 I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me,
  • Ps 37:18-24 : 18 The days of the upright are numbered by the Lord, and their heritage will be for ever. 19 They will not be shamed in the evil time, and in the days when all are in need of food they will have enough. 20 But the wrongdoers will come to destruction, and the haters of the Lord will be like the fat of lambs, they will be burned up; they will go up in smoke, and never again be seen. 21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others. 22 Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off. 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way. 24 Even if he has a fall he will not be without help: for the hand of the Lord is supporting him.
  • Ps 146:9 : 9 The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.
  • Prov 15:9 : 9 The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.
  • Ps 139:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets. 2 You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.
  • Ps 9:6 : 6 You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.
  • 2 Pet 2:12 : 12 But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;
  • John 10:27 : 27 My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:
  • Matt 7:13 : 13 Go in by the narrow door; for wide is the door and open is the way which goes to destruction, and great numbers go in by it.
  • Job 23:10 : 10 For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.
  • Ps 112:10 : 10 The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.
  • Ps 142:3 : 3 When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.
  • Prov 14:12 : 12 There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

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    9 The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;

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    19 The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

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    21 Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.

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    20 So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.

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    10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.