Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?
Parallel translations
- KJV Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
- BSB He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.
- NKJV Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men?
- NASB Who goes in company with the workers of injustice, And walks with wicked people?
- NLT He chooses evil people as companions. He spends his time with wicked men.
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Quick answer
Moses immediately bows to the earth and worships. The revelation of God's character calls forth humble adoration.
Overview
Moses' instant response to God's self-proclamation is worship. True knowledge of who God is always leads to reverence and praise. His posture models the only fitting reaction to the glory of God's mercy and justice.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 1:1Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
- Prov 13:20One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- 1 Cor 15:33Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”
- Ps 50:18When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
- Ps 26:4I have not sat with deceitful men, neither will I go in with hypocrites.
- Prov 1:15My son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,
- Ps 73:12–15Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
- Prov 2:12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;
- Job 2:10But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.
- Job 11:3Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
- Job 22:15Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
- Prov 4:14Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men.
- Job 15:5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
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