Psalm 37:28 “For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are p…”

Psalm 37:28

For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

World English Bible

For the LORD loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

American Standard Version

For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the Lord loueth iudgement, and forsaketh not his Saintes: they shall be preserued for euermore: but the seede of the wicked shall be cut off.

Darby Translation

for Jehovah loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: They are preserved for ever; but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Young's Literal Translation

For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.

Bible in Basic English

For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.

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Cross references

“loveth”

Psalm 11:7 Isaiah 61:8 Jeremiah 9:24 Psalm 99:4 Isaiah 30:18 Psalm 45:6

Psalm 11:7 · BSB

For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.

Isaiah 61:8 · BSB

For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.

Jeremiah 9:24 · BSB

But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

Psalm 99:4 · BSB

The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Isaiah 30:18 · BSB

Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.

Psalm 45:6 · BSB

Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.

“forsaketh”

Isaiah 59:21 1 Peter 1:5 Jude 1:1 Psalm 37:40 John 5:24 John 15:9

Isaiah 59:21 · BSB

“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchil…

1 Peter 1:5 · BSB

who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

Jude 1:1 · BSB

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:

Psalm 37:40 · BSB

The LORD helps and delivers them; He rescues and saves them from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him.

John 5:24 · BSB

Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

John 15:9 · BSB

As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.

“but”

Proverbs 2:22 Psalm 21:10 Job 27:14 Exodus 20:5 Job 18:19 Isaiah 14:20

Proverbs 2:22 · BSB

but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.

Psalm 21:10 · BSB

You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.

Job 27:14 · BSB

Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.

Exodus 20:5 · BSB

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Job 18:19 · BSB

He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.

Isaiah 14:20 · BSB

You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.

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

In context

27Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.

29The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.

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