KJV King James Version
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
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Psalm 119:119
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
WEB World English Bible
You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.
Surrounding context — Psalm 119
116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit [is] falsehood.
119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
121 AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
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Matthew 7:23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.Malachi 3:2-3But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he [is] like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:Isaiah 1:25And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:Psalm 119:126-128[It is] time for [thee], LORD, to work: [for] they have made void thy law.Matthew 3:12Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.1 Samuel 15:23For rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness [is as] iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from [being] king.Psalm 119:111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they [are] the rejoicing of my heart.Jeremiah 6:30Reprobate silver shall [men] call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.Matthew 13:49-50So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,Ezekiel 22:18-22Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they [are] brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are [even] the dross of silver.Matthew 13:40-42As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
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