KJV King James Version
For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
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Psalm 5:4
For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
WEB World English Bible
For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you.
ASV American Standard Version
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For not a God desiring wickedness art Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.
Surrounding context — Psalm 5
1 To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct [my prayer] unto thee, and will look up.
4 For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
7 But as for me, I will come [into] thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: [and] in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
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Psalm 11:5The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.Hebrews 12:14Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:Malachi 2:17Ye 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?Psalm 50:21These [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.Revelation 21:27And 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.Psalm 140:13Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.Psalm 101:7He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.Psalm 92:15To shew that the LORD [is] upright: [he is] my rock, and [there is] no unrighteousness in him.Habakkuk 1:13[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?2 Peter 3:13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.John 14:23Jesus 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.Revelation 21:23And 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.Psalm 94:20Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?1 Chronicles 29:17I 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.
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