Psalms 5:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
  • Ps 11:5 : 5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
  • Ps 50:21 : 21 These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
  • Ps 92:15 : 15 To shew that the LORD [is] upright: [he is] my rock, and [there is] no unrighteousness in him.
  • Ps 94:20 : 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
  • Ps 101:7 : 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
  • Ps 140:13 : 13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
  • Hab 1:13 : 13 [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he?
  • Mal 2:17 : 17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil [is] good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where [is] the God of judgment?
  • John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, ‹If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.›
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
  • 2 Pet 3:13 : 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
  • Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb [is] the light thereof.
  • Rev 21:27 : 27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither [whatsoever] worketh abomination, or [maketh] a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

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