I Will Set No Worthless Thing before My Eyes
Psalms 101:7
In 11 translations
- BSB
- No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
- KJV
- He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.shall not tarry: Heb. shall not be established
- WEB
- He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.
- ASV
- He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.
- LSV
- He who is working deceit does not dwell in my house, || Whoever is speaking lies is not established before my eyes.
- YLT
- He dwelleth not in my house who is working deceit, Whoso is speaking lies Is not established before mine eyes.
- DBY
- He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehoods shall not subsist in my sight.
- DRC100:7
- He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.
- GNV
- There shall no deceitful person dwell within mine house: he that telleth lyes, shall not remaine in my sight.
- JPS
- He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.
- LXXE100:7
- The proud doer dwelt not in the midst of my house; the unjust speaker prospered not in my sight.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- לֹֽא־יֵשֵׁ֨ב ׀ בְּקֶ֥רֶב בֵּיתִי֮ עֹשֵׂ֪ה רְמִ֫יָּ֥ה דֹּבֵ֥ר שְׁקָרִ֑ים לֹֽא־יִ֝כּ֗וֹן לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינָֽי׃
- LXX-Br100:7
- Οὐ κατῴκει ἐν μέσῳ τῆς οἰκίας μου ποιῶν ὑπερηφανίαν· λαλῶν ἄδικα οὐ κατεύθυνεν ἐναντίον τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Acts 5:1–10Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’…
- 2 Samuel 4:10–12when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news! How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man…
- Proverbs 29:12If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
- Acts 1:16–20“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus. He was one of our number and shared in this…
- Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
- Acts 1:25to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
- 2 Kings 5:26–27But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 100:7 in some Bibles
- 101:7 in most Bibles