I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.
Parallel translations
- KJV I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
- BSB I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
- NKJV I have hated the assembly of evildoers, And will not sit with the wicked.
- NASB I hate the assembly of evildoers, And I will not sit with the wicked.
- NLT I hate the gatherings of those who do evil, and I refuse to join in with the wicked.
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Cross-references · 6
- Ps 31:6I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Yahweh.
- Ps 101:3–8I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
- Ps 139:21–22Yahweh, don’t I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
- 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;
- 1 Cor 5:9–11I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners;
- Matt 9:11–12When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
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