Psalms 5:4
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
KJV
Quoniam ad te orabo, Domine : mane exaudies vocem meam.
Vulgate
τὸ πρωὶ εἰσακούσῃ τῆς φωνῆς μου· τὸ πρωὶ παραστήσομαί σοι καὶ ἐπόψομαι.
LXX
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.
ASV
יְֽהוָ֗ה בֹּ֭קֶר תִּשְׁמַ֣ע קוֹלִ֑/י בֹּ֥קֶר אֶֽעֱרָךְ לְ֝/ךָ֗ וַ/אֲצַפֶּֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בֹּ֔קֶר
bqr
noun · 214×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ
y'rk
verb · 76×
צֹּפֶה֙
tsph
verb · 37×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Q. But isn't God also merciful? A. God is certainly merciful, but he is also just. His justice demands that sin committed against his supreme majesty be punished with the supreme penalty — eternal punishment of body and soul.
Man was from the beginning created by God after the image of God, in righteousness and true holiness, good and upright. But when at the instigation of the serpent and by his own fault he abandoned goodness and righteousness, man became subject to sin, death and various calamities. And what he became by the fall, that is, subject to sin, death and various calamities, such are al…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 29:17 — I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy t
- 1John 1:6 — If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
- 2Pet 3:13 — Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
- Deut 32:19 — And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
- Hab 1:13 — Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is m
- Hab 1:13 — Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is m
- Heb 10:38 — Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
- Heb 12:14 — Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
- John 14:23 — Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
- Josh 7:12 — Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy t
- Mal 2:17 — Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the
- Prov 8:13 — The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
- Ps 11:5 — The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
- Ps 11:5 — The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
- Ps 50:21 — These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
- Ps 92:15 — To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
- Ps 93:5 — Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.
- Ps 94:20 — Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
- Ps 101:7 — He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
- Ps 140:13 — Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
- Rev 21:23 — And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
- Rev 21:27 — And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.