Psalm 26:5 “I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.”

Psalm 26:5

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

World English Bible

I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.

American Standard Version

I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked.

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue hated the assemblie of the euill, and haue not companied with the wicked.

Darby Translation

I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and I have not sat with the wicked.

Young's Literal Translation

I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.

Bible in Basic English

I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.

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Cross references

“hated”

Psalm 31:6 Psalm 101:3–8 Psalm 139:21 Psalm 139:22

Psalm 31:6 · BSB

I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.

Psalm 101:3–8 · BSB

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

Psalm 139:21 · BSB

Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?

Psalm 139:22 · BSB

I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.

“will”

Psalm 1:1 1 Corinthians 5:9–11 Matthew 9:11 Matthew 9:12

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.

1 Corinthians 5:9–11 · BSB

I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

Matthew 9:11 · BSB

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Matthew 9:12 · BSB

On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

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

In context

4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.

6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,

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