Psalm 26:4 “I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.”

Psalm 26:4

I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue not hanted with vaine persons, neither kept companie with the dissemblers.

Darby Translation

I have not sat with vain persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;

Young's Literal Translation

I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.

Bible in Basic English

I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.

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Cross references

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

Jeremiah 15:17 Psalm 1:1 Proverbs 13:20 Psalm 119:115 2 Corinthians 6:17 Psalm 119:63

Jeremiah 15:17 · BSB

I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.

Psalm 1:1 · BSB

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

Proverbs 13:20 · BSB

He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Psalm 119:115 · BSB

Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.

2 Corinthians 6:17 · BSB

“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

Psalm 119:63 · BSB

I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.

5I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.

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