Psalm 119:119 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

You put away and count as dross all the wicked of the earth [for there is no true metal in them]; therefore I love Your testimonies.

American Standard Version (1901)

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.

Common English Bible

You dispose of all the wicked people on earth like waste— that’s why I love your laws.

Psalm 119:119 Cross References

Psalm 119:111

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Psalm 119:47

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.

Isaiah 1:25

and I will turn my hand upon thee, and throughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin:

Jeremiah 6:30

Refuse silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.

Matthew 3:12

whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.

Matthew 7:23

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.