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Psalms 1:1

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

KJV

Beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum, et in via peccatorum non stetit, et in cathedra pestilentiæ non sedit ;

Vulgate

ΜΑΚΑΡΙΟΣ ἀνὴρ ὃς οὐκ ἐπορεύθη ἐν βουλῇ ἀσεβῶν, καὶ ἐν ὁδῷ ἁμαρτωλῶν οὐκ ἔστη, καὶ ἐπὶ καθέδραν λοιμῶν οὐκ ἐκάθισεν·

LXX

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

ASV

אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי הָ/אִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹ֥א הָלַךְ֮ בַּ/עֲצַ֪ת רְשָׁ֫עִ֥ים וּ/בְ/דֶ֣רֶךְ חַ֭טָּאִים לֹ֥א עָמָ֑ד וּ/בְ/מוֹשַׁ֥ב לֵ֝צִ֗ים לֹ֣א יָשָֽׁב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אַשְׁרֵ֣י
'shry
noun · 44×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
חַטָּאִ֑ים
cht'ym
noun · 19×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
לֵ֭ץ
lts
verb · 27×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
noun · 44×
עֲצַ֥ת
'tst
verb · 90×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. This Psalm, which is a preface to the whole book, shows that true blessedness consists not in worldly prosperity but in the fear and obedience of God. The righteous man is compared to a tree planted by rivers of water — his life is sustained by the Word of God. The wicked, by contrast, are like chaff which the w…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 16:31 — And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and
  • 1Pet 4:3 — For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
  • 2Chr 22:3 — He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
  • 2Cor 6:17 — Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
  • Deut 28:2 — And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
  • Deut 33:29 — Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou
  • Eph 5:11 — And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
  • Eph 6:13 — Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
  • Ezek 20:18 — But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
  • Gen 5:24 — And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
  • Gen 49:6 — O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
  • Gen 49:22 — Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
  • Hos 7:5 — In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
  • Isa 33:15 — He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shuttet
  • Jer 15:17 — I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
  • Jer 15:17 — I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
  • Jer 17:7 — Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
  • Job 10:3 — Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
  • Job 21:16 — Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
  • Job 21:16 — Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
  • Job 31:5 — If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
  • Job 34:8 — Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
  • John 3:21 — But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
  • John 13:17 — If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
  • John 18:18 — And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.
  • John 20:29 — Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
  • Josh 1:8 — This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make
  • Jude 1:4 — For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our
  • Lev 26:27 — And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
  • Luke 11:28 — But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
  • Luke 11:28 — But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
  • Luke 23:51 — (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
  • Matt 5:3 — Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  • Matt 7:13 — Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
  • Matt 11:6 — And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
  • Matt 13:23 — But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
  • Matt 16:17 — And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
  • Prov 1:10 — My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
  • Prov 1:15 — My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
  • Prov 1:15 — My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: