Psalm 1:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence:

Psalm 1:1 Cross References

Genesis 49:6

O my soul, come not into their council; O my spirit, be not joined to their company; for in their anger they slay men, and in their wantonness they hamstring oxen.

Genesis 5:24

Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

1 Kings 16:31

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

Job 10:3

Does it seem good to thee to oppress, to despise the work of thy hands and favor the designs of the wicked?

Job 21:16

Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 31:5

“If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hastened to deceit;

Psalm 1:6

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

Psalm 106:3

Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!

Psalm 119:115

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

Psalm 144:15

Happy the people to whom such blessings fall! Happy the people whose God is the Lord!

Psalm 146:5

Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Psalm 146:9

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

Psalm 2:12

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

Psalm 26:12

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

Psalm 34:8

O taste and see that the Lord is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him!

Psalm 36:4

He plots mischief while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he spurns not evil.

Psalm 64:2

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

Psalm 81:12

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

Psalm 84:12

O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in thee!

Proverbs 1:15

my son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their paths;

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?

Proverbs 13:15

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

Proverbs 13:20

He who walks with wise men becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 19:29

Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and flogging for the backs of fools.

Proverbs 2:12

delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech,

Proverbs 3:34

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

Proverbs 4:19

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

Proverbs 9:12

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

Jeremiah 15:17

I did not sit in the company of merrymakers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone, because thy hand was upon me, for thou hadst filled me with indignation.

Jeremiah 17:7

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.

Ezekiel 20:18

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

Matthew 16:17

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

Luke 11:28

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

Luke 23:51

who had not consented to their purpose and deed, and he was looking for the kingdom of God.

John 13:17

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

John 20:29

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

Romans 5:2

Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God.

Ephesians 6:13

Therefore take the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Deuteronomy 14:6

Every animal that parts the hoof and has the hoof cloven in two, and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.

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; and you shall tread upon their high places.”

1 Peter 4:3

Let the time that is past suffice for doing what the Gentiles like to do, living in licentiousness, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

Revelation 22:14

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