Psalms 26:9

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Do not sweep me away with sinners, or execute me along with violent people,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 139:19 : 19 If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!
  • Mal 3:18 : 18 Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.
  • Matt 24:51 : 51 and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Matt 25:32 : 32 All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
  • Matt 25:44 : 44 Then they too will answer,‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?’
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
  • Rev 22:14-15 : 14 Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates. 15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!
  • 1 Sam 22:18-19 : 18 Then the king said to Doeg,“You turn and strike down the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. 19 As for Nob, the city of the priests, he struck down with the sword men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep– all with the sword.
  • 1 Sam 25:29 : 29 When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the LORD your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!
  • 2 Sam 16:7 : 7 As he yelled curses, Shimei said,“Leave! Leave! You man of bloodshed, you wicked man!
  • 2 Sam 21:1 : 1 The Gibeonites Demand Revenge During David’s reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the LORD. The LORD said,“It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, because he murdered the Gibeonites.”
  • Ps 28:1-3 : 1 By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave. 2 Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple! 3 Do 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!
  • Ps 51:14 : 14 Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your righteousness.
  • Ps 55:23 : 23 But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 139:19
    78%

    19If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!

  • Ps 28:3
    77%

    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!

  • Ps 59:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2Deliver me from evildoers! Rescue me from violent men!

    3For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O LORD.

  • Ps 26:4-6
    3 verses
    76%

    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.

    6I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O LORD,

  • Ps 26:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe.

    11But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me!

  • Ps 94:21
    73%

    21They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.

  • Ps 141:4
    73%

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

  • Ps 69:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27Hold them accountable for all their sins! Do not vindicate them!

    28May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

  • Ps 141:9
    72%

    9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.

  • Ps 86:14
    72%

    14O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.

  • 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.

  • Prov 1:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10Admonition to Avoid Easy but Unjust Riches My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!

    11If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.

  • Ps 17:9
    71%

    9Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.

  • Jer 18:23
    71%

    23But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!

  • Job 16:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

    18An Appeal to God as Witness“O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.

  • Ps 26:8
    71%

    8O LORD, I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed.

  • Prov 1:15
    71%

    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • Ps 51:14
    71%

    14Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your righteousness.

  • Prov 24:1
    71%

    1Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;

  • Ps 27:12
    70%

    12Do not turn me over to my enemies, for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.

  • Ps 19:13
    70%

    13Moreover, keep me from committing flagrant sins; do not allow such sins to control me. Then I will be blameless, and innocent of blatant rebellion.

  • Ps 51:11
    70%

    11Do not reject me! Do not take your holy Spirit away from me!

  • Exod 23:7
    70%

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

  • Job 31:30
    70%

    30I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse–

  • Ps 5:6
    70%

    6You destroy liars; the LORD despises violent and deceitful people.

  • Ps 36:11
    70%

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

  • Ps 69:18
    70%

    18Come near me and redeem me! Because of my enemies, rescue me!

  • Ps 63:9
    70%

    9Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth.

  • Ps 104:35
    70%

    35May sinners disappear from the earth, and the wicked vanish! Praise the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!

  • Ps 143:2
    70%

    2Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.

  • Ps 51:9
    70%

    9Hide your face from my sins! Wipe away all my guilt!

  • Ps 16:10
    70%

    10You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.

  • Ps 120:6
    70%

    6For too long I have had to reside with those who hate peace.

  • Ps 1:5
    70%

    5For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.

  • Ps 59:11
    70%

    11Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

  • Ps 64:2
    69%

    2Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.

  • Ps 5:4
    69%

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

  • Ps 55:15
    69%

    15May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

  • Prov 29:10
    69%

    10Bloodthirsty people hate someone with integrity; as for the upright, they seek his life.

  • Gen 49:6
    69%

    6O my soul, do not come into their council, do not be united to their assembly, my heart, for in their anger they have killed men, and for pleasure they have hamstrung oxen.

  • Prov 22:26
    69%

    26Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.

  • Ps 143:11
    69%

    11O LORD, for the sake of your reputation, revive me! Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble!

  • Ps 17:13
    69%

    13Rise up, LORD! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!