Psalm 1:6 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

⁶ For why? the way of godly men unto the Lord is known: Whereas the way of wicked men shall quite be overthrown.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ For the Lord knows and is fully acquainted with the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly [those living outside God's will] shall perish (end in ruin and come to nought).

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.

Common English Bible

⁶ The LORD is intimately acquainted with the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked is destroyed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ For the Lord knows the way of the just. And the path of the impious will pass away.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 1:6 Cross References

Psalm 112:10

The wicked shall it see, and fret, his teeth gnash, melt away: What wicked men do most desire shall utterly decay.

Psalm 142:3

When in me was o'erwhelm'd my sp'rit, then well thou knew'st my way; Where I did walk a snare for me they privily did lay.

Psalm 142:4

I look'd on my right hand, and view'd, but none to know me were; All refuge failed me, no man did for my soul take care.

Psalm 146:9

The stranger's shield, the widow's stay, the orphan's help, is he: But yet by him the wicked's way turn'd upside down shall be.

Psalm 9:6

O en'my! now destructions have an end perpetual: Thou cities raz'd; perish'd with them is their memorial.