Psalms 101:4

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“A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.”

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BSBPD

“A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 101:4 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 6:8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
  2. Psalms 26:4I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
  3. Psalms 26:5I hate the mob of evildoers, and refuse to sit with the wicked.
  4. Psalms 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
  5. Proverbs 2:12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
  6. Proverbs 3:32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
  7. Proverbs 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
  8. Proverbs 9:6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
  9. Proverbs 11:20The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
  10. Proverbs 22:24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
  11. Proverbs 29:27An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
  12. Matthew 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
  13. 2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
  14. 2 Corinthians 11:33But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
  15. 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”

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