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Psalms 26:4

I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

KJV

Unam petii a Domino, hanc requiram, ut inhabitem in domo Domini omnibus diebus vitæ meæ ; ut videam voluptatem Domini, et visitem templum ejus.

Vulgate

μίαν ᾐτησάμην παρὰ Κυρίου, ταύτην ἐκζητήσω· τοῦ κατοικεῖν με ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς μου, τοῦ θεωρεῖν με τὴν τερπνότητα τοῦ κυρίου καὶ ἐπισκέπτεσθαι τὸν ναὸν αὐτοῦ.

LXX

I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.

ASV

לֹא יָ֭שַׁבְתִּי עִם מְתֵי שָׁ֑וְא וְ/עִ֥ם נַ֝עֲלָמִ֗ים לֹ֣א אָבֽוֹא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְתֵ֣י
mty
noun · 22×
נֶעְלַ֣ם
n'lm
verb · 28×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
שָׁ֑וְא
shv'
noun · 52×

Historic Christian voices

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

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Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:33 — Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
  • 2Cor 6:14 — Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
  • 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,
  • Eph 5:11 — And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
  • 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.
  • 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 16:8 — Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
  • Job 34:8 — Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
  • 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.
  • Luke 22:55 — And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.
  • Prov 1:15 — My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
  • Prov 4:14 — Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
  • Prov 9:6 — Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
  • Prov 12:11 — He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
  • Prov 13:20 — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
  • Prov 24:19 — Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 101:3 — I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
  • Ps 119:63 — I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
  • Ps 119:115 — Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.