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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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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

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

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

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…

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 100:7 in some Bibles
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