Psalm 1:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked or take the path that sinners tread or sit in the seat of scoffers,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

Common English Bible

¹ The truly happy person doesn’t follow wicked advice, doesn’t stand on the road of sinners, and doesn’t sit with the disrespectful.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.

Psalm 1:1 Cross References

Proverbs 13:20

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.

Jeremiah 15:17

I did not sit in the company of merrymakers, nor did I rejoice; under the weight of your hand I sat alone, for you had filled me with indignation.

Luke 11:28

But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

Psalm 1:6

for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Proverbs 1:15

my child, do not walk in their way; keep your foot from their paths,

Psalm 34:8

O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in him.

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly delight in his commandments.

Psalm 36:4

They plot mischief while on their beds; they are set on a way that is not good; they do not reject evil.

Job 21:16

Is not their prosperity indeed their own achievement? The plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.

Ephesians 6:13

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on the evil day and, having prevailed against everything, to stand firm.

Genesis 49:6

May I never come into their council; may I not be joined to their company, for in their anger they killed men, and at their whim they hamstrung oxen.

Jeremiah 17:7

Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.

Proverbs 13:15

Good sense wins favor, but the way of the faithless is their ruin.

Psalm 119:115

Go away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

Psalm 106:3

Happy are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times.

Psalm 26:12

My foot stands on level ground; in the great congregation I will bless the Lord.

Proverbs 2:12

It will save you from the way of evil, from those who speak perversely,

Psalm 81:12

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

Proverbs 3:34

Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he shows favor.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.

Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

Psalm 84:12

O Lord of hosts, happy is everyone who trusts in you.

Romans 5:2

through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.

Psalm 144:15

Happy are the people to whom such blessings fall; happy are the people whose God is the Lord.

John 20:29

Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.”

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?

1 Peter 4:3

You have already spent enough time in doing what the gentiles like to do, living in debauchery, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

John 13:17

If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

Psalm 146:9

The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

Psalm 2:12

kiss his feet, or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Happy are all who take refuge in him.

Psalm 146:5

Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God,

1 Kings 16:31

And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he took as his wife Jezebel daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians and went and served Baal and worshiped him.

Deuteronomy 33:29

Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, but you shall tread on their backs.”

Ezekiel 20:18

I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the statutes of your parents, nor observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Proverbs 19:29

Punishments are prepared for scoffers and flogging for the backs of fools.

Psalm 64:2

Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the scheming of evildoers,

Job 31:5

“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit—

Job 10:3

Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

Genesis 5:24

Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him.

2 Chronicles 22:3

He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly.

Luke 23:51

had not agreed to their plan and action. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and he was waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God.

Matthew 16:17

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my Father in heaven.

Deuteronomy 14:6

Any animal that divides the hoof and has the hoof cleft in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.