Psalm 125:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous might not stretch out their hands to do wrong.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; Lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land of the [uncompromisingly] righteous, lest the righteous (God's people) stretch forth their hands to iniquity and apostasy.

American Standard Version (1901)

For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.

Common English Bible

The wicked rod won’t remain in the land given to the righteous so that they don’t use their hands to do anything wrong.

Catholic Public Domain Version

The Lord has done great things for us. We have become joyful.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful.

Psalm 125:3 Cross References

Psalm 103:14

For he knows how we were made; he remembers that we are dust.

Psalm 103:9

He will not always accuse, nor will he keep his anger forever.

Psalm 55:20

My companion laid hands on a friend and violated a covenant with me

Psalm 89:22

The enemy shall not outwit him; the wicked shall not humble him.

Proverbs 22:8

Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail.

Isaiah 10:5

Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger— the club in their hands is my fury!

Isaiah 27:8

By expulsion, by exile you struggled against them; with his fierce blast he removed them in the day of the east wind.

1 Corinthians 10:13

No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.

Revelation 2:10

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Beware, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have affliction. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

1 Samuel 24:10

This very day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you into my hand in the cave, and some urged me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not raise my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’