Psalms 26:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 31:6 : 6 I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.
  • Ps 139:21-22 : 21 Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me? 22 My hate for them is complete; my thoughts of them are as if they were making war on me.
  • Ps 101:3-8 : 3 I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me. 4 The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend. 5 I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me. 6 My eyes will be on those of good faith in the land, so that they may be living in my house; he who is walking in the right way will be my servant. 7 The worker of deceit will not come into my house; the false man will have no place before my eyes. 8 Morning by morning will I put to death all the sinners in the land, so that all evil-doers may be cut off from Jerusalem.
  • Ps 1:1 : 1 Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 5:9-9 : 9 In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh; 10 But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely: 11 But the sense of my letter was that if a brother had the name of being one who went after the desires of the flesh, or had the desire for other people's property, or was in the way of using violent language, or being the worse for drink, or took by force what was not his, you might not keep company with such a one, or take food with him.
  • Matt 9:11-12 : 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners? 12 But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.

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    6I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;

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    8Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.

    9Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;

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    4For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.

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    7But as for me, I will come into your house, in the full measure of your mercy; and in your fear I will give worship, turning my eyes to your holy Temple.

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    17I did not take my seat among the band of those who are glad, and I had no joy; I kept by myself because of your hand; for you have made me full of wrath.

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    5For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

  • Ps 139:21-22
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    21Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me?

    22My hate for them is complete; my thoughts of them are as if they were making war on me.

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    6I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.

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    21Your feasts are disgusting to me, I will have nothing to do with them; I will take no delight in your holy meetings.

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    13The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

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    14I was in almost all evil in the company of the people.

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    3Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

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    26Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.

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    29If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

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    115Go far from me, you evil-doers; so that I may keep the teachings of my God.

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    21Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

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    4Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.

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    7The worker of deceit will not come into my house; the false man will have no place before my eyes.

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    12I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.

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    22For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.