Psalm 5:4-6

Lead Me in Your Righteousness

4 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil may not dwell with you.
 5 The z boastful shall not a stand before your eyes;
you b hate all evildoers.
 6 You destroy those who speak c lies;
the Lord abhors d the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 73:3
    For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
    Psalms 75:4
    I say to the boastful, 'Do not boast,' and to the wicked, 'Do not lift up your horn.
    Habakkuk 1:13
    You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 1:5
    Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 11:5
    The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 4:2
    O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah
    Revelation 21:8
    But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.
    Revelation 22:15
    Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 55:23
    But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
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