Psalm 119:150 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Those who persecute me with evil purpose draw near; they are far from your law.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

They draw nigh that follow after mischief: They are far from thy law.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

They draw near who follow after wrong thinking and persecute me with wickedness; they are far from Your law.

American Standard Version (1901)

They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.

Common English Bible

The people who love to plot wicked schemes are nearby, but they are so far from your Instruction!

Psalm 119:150 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:16

Therefore send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means cross over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.’ ”

Job 21:14

They say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We do not desire to know your ways.

Psalm 22:16

For dogs are all around me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they bound my hands and feet.

Psalm 27:2

When evildoers assail me to devour my flesh— my adversaries and foes— they shall stumble and fall.

Psalm 50:17

For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 28:9

When one will not listen to the law, even one’s prayers are an abomination.

Isaiah 59:11

We all growl like bears; like doves we moan mournfully. We wait for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is turned back, and deliverance stands at a distance, for truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.

1 Samuel 23:16

Saul’s son Jonathan set out and came to David at Horesh; there he strengthened his hand through the Lord.