Psalms 125:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:8 : 8 By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.
  • Ps 89:22 : 22 The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.
  • Ps 103:9 : 9 His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever.
  • Ps 103:14 : 14 For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust.
  • 1 Sam 24:10 : 10 And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?
  • Isa 14:5-6 : 5 The stick of the evil-doers, the rod of the rulers, is broken by the Lord; 6 He whose rod was on the peoples with an unending wrath, ruling the nations in passion, with an uncontrolled rule.
  • Isa 27:8 : 8 Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.
  • 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
  • Ps 55:20 : 20 He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.
  • Isa 10:5 : 5 Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!

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    15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

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    4Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.

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    9For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

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    21No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

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    19The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

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    5The stick of the evil-doers, the rod of the rulers, is broken by the Lord;

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