Psalm 5:4 “For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell wi…”

Psalm 5:4

For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

World English Bible

For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you.

American Standard Version

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

For thou art not a God that loueth wickednes: neither shall euill dwell with thee.

Darby Translation

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with thee.

Young's Literal Translation

For not a God desiring wickedness [art] Thou, Evil inhabiteth Thee not.

Bible in Basic English

For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.

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Cross references

“God”

Malachi 2:17 Psalm 50:21 Habakkuk 1:13 1 Chronicles 29:17

Malachi 2:17 · BSB

You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Psalm 50:21 · BSB

You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

Habakkuk 1:13 · BSB

Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

1 Chronicles 29:17 · BSB

I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to…

“evil”

Hebrews 12:14 Revelation 21:27 Psalm 101:7 Psalm 140:13 2 Peter 3:13 Psalm 94:20

Hebrews 12:14 · BSB

Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

Revelation 21:27 · BSB

But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Psalm 101:7 · BSB

No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.

Psalm 140:13 · BSB

Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.

2 Peter 3:13 · BSB

But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

Psalm 94:20 · BSB

Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?

Also

Psalm 11:5 Psalm 92:15

Psalm 11:5 · BSB

The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.

Psalm 92:15 · BSB

to proclaim, “The LORD is upright; He is my Rock, and in Him there is no unrighteousness.”

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

In context

3In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.

5The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.

Read Psalm 5