Psalms 101:4

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I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:20 : 20 The LORD abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.
  • Prov 22:24 : 24 Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,
  • Matt 7:23 : 23 Then I will declare to them,‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
  • 2 Cor 6:14-16 : 14 Unequal Partners Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15 And what agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever? 16 And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said,“I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
  • 2 Cor 11:33 : 33 but I was let down in a rope-basket through a window in the city wall, and escaped his hands.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal:“The Lord knows those who are his,” and“Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”
  • Ps 6:8 : 8 Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping!
  • Ps 119:115 : 115 Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.
  • Prov 2:12-15 : 12 to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity, 13 who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways, 14 who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil; 15 whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;
  • Prov 3:32 : 32 for one who goes astray is an abomination to the LORD, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.
  • Prov 9:6 : 6 Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 101:2-3
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    2I will walk in the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace.

    3I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it.

  • Ps 101:5-8
    4 verses
    78%

    5I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret. I will not tolerate anyone who has a haughty demeanor and an arrogant attitude.

    6I will favor the honest people of the land, and allow them to live with me. Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me.

    7Deceitful people will not live in my palace. Liars will not be welcome in my presence.

    8Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land, and remove all evildoers from the city of the LORD.

  • Ps 26:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    4I do not associate with deceitful men, or consort with those who are dishonest.

    5I hate the mob of evil men, and do not associate with the wicked.

  • Ps 141:4
    76%

    4Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies.

  • Ps 119:115
    76%

    115Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.

  • Ps 28:3
    75%

    3Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

  • Prov 8:13
    75%

    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.

  • Prov 11:20
    74%

    20The LORD abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

  • Ps 119:101
    74%

    101I stay away from every evil path, so that I might keep your instructions.

  • Prov 4:24
    73%

    24Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

  • Prov 17:20
    73%

    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Ps 36:1
    73%

    1For the music director; written by the LORD’s servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,

  • Prov 21:29
    73%

    29A wicked person has put on a bold face, but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Ps 5:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you.

    5Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who behave wickedly.

  • Prov 4:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

    15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

  • Prov 2:12
    72%

    12to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,

  • Ps 139:23
    72%

    23Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!

  • Jer 17:9
    72%

    9The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?

  • Isa 57:17
    72%

    17I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.

  • Prov 3:32
    71%

    32for one who goes astray is an abomination to the LORD, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

  • Ps 36:11
    71%

    11Do not let arrogant men overtake me, or let evil men make me homeless!

  • Prov 8:7
    71%

    7For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.

  • Prov 18:5
    71%

    5It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.

  • Ps 17:3
    71%

    3You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.

  • Ps 10:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the LORD.

    4The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks,“God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”

  • Job 27:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit.

    5I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!

  • Prov 17:4
    71%

    4One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

  • Prov 21:4
    71%

    4Haughty eyes and a proud heart– what the wicked cultivate is sin.

  • Prov 21:10
    71%

    10The appetite of the wicked has desired evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.

  • 2 Sam 22:27
    71%

    27You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

  • Ps 140:4
    71%

    4O LORD, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.

  • Exod 23:7
    71%

    7Keep your distance from a false charge– do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Ps 18:26
    70%

    26You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

  • Prov 24:18
    70%

    18lest the LORD see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.

  • Ps 119:11
    70%

    11In my heart I store up your words, so I might not sin against you.

  • Zech 8:17
    70%

    17Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath– these are all things that I hate,’ says the LORD.

  • Prov 6:12
    70%

    12A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;

  • Prov 10:32
    70%

    32The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.

  • Prov 4:27
    70%

    27Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.

  • Ps 6:8
    70%

    8Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping!

  • Ps 125:4
    70%

    4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, to the morally upright!