Psalms 5:4

In 11 translations

BSB

For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.

KJV

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

WEB

For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you.

ASV

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.

LSV

For You [are] not a God desiring wickedness, || Evil does not inhabit You.

YLT

For not a God desiring wickedness [art] Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

DBY

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with thee.El

DRC5:5

In the morning I will stand before thee, and will see: because thou art not a God that willest iniquity.

GNV

For thou art not a God that loueth wickednes: neither shall euill dwell with thee.

JPS5:5

For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with Thee.

LXXE5:5

For thou art not a God that desires iniquity; neither shall the worker of wickedness dwell with thee.

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WLC5:5

כִּ֤י ׀ לֹ֤א אֵֽל־חָפֵ֘ץ רֶ֥שַׁע ׀ אָ֑תָּה לֹ֖א יְגֻרְךָ֣ רָֽע׃KJV:Ps.5.4

LXX-Br5:5

Ὅτι οὐχὶ Θεὸς θέλων ἀνομίαν σὺ εἶ· οὐδὲ παροικησει σοι πονηρευόμενος,

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• Psalms 11:5The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
• Hebrews 12:14Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
• Malachi 2:17You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
• Revelation 21:27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
• Psalms 50:21You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
• Psalms 140:13Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.
• Psalms 101:7No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
• Psalms 92:15to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.”
• 2 Peter 3:13But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
• Habakkuk 1:13Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
• Psalms 94:20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
• John 14:23Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
• Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
• 1 Chronicles 29:17I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly…

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