Psalm 101:7 - The Scriptures 2009

He who practises deceit Does not dwell in my house; He who speaks lies Does not stand in my presence.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He who works deceit shall not dwell in my house; he who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.

American Standard Version (1901)

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.

Common English Bible

But the person who acts deceitfully won’t stay in my house. The person who tells lies won’t last for long before me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

I have become like a pelican in solitude. I have become like a night raven in a house.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.

Psalm 101:7 Cross References

Psalm 5:7

But I, I enter Your house In the greatness of Your loving-commitment; I bow myself toward Your set-apart Hĕḵal in Your fear.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to lying words, All his servants become wrong.

Ezekiel 13:9

“My hand shall be against the prophets who see falsehood and who divine lies. They shall not be in the council of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Yisra’ĕl, and they shall not enter into the land of Yisra’ĕl. And you shall know that I am the Master יהוה.

Leviticus 19:11

‘Do not steal, do not lie, do not deceive one another.

Acts 1:25

to receive the share in this service and office of the emissary from which Yehuḏah by transgression fell, to go to his own place.”