Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
- KJV Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
- NKJV Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
- NASB Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
- NLT They will be condemned at the time of judgment. Sinners will have no place among the godly.
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Quick answer
The wicked will not survive God's judgment nor belong among His righteous people. There is a final, decisive separation between the two ways.
Overview
This verse draws the consequence of the chaff image: the wicked cannot stand when God judges, and they have no place in the assembly of the godly. Scripture consistently points to a final judgment that separates the righteous from the unrighteous. Only those counted righteous in Christ, whose record is spotless, will stand in that day (Romans 8:1).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 5:5The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
- Matt 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- Mal 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
- Matt 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
- Luke 21:36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
- Matt 25:32All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
- Matt 13:49So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,
- Jude 1:15to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
- Ps 9:7–8But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
- Ps 26:9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
- Ps 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Ps 24:3Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place?
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