Psalm 1:1

New English Translation

How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!

Cross References

Genesis 49:6

O my soul, do not come into their council, do not be united to their assembly, my heart, for in their anger they have killed men, and for pleasure they have hamstrung oxen.

Genesis 5:24

Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared because God took him away.

1 Kings 16:31

As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal.

2 Chronicles 22:3

He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty, for his mother gave him evil advice.

Job 10:3

Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

Job 21:16

But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

Job 31:5

If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit –

Psalm 1:6

Certainly the Lord guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

Psalm 106:3

How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time!

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord! How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.

Psalm 119:115

Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God.

Psalm 144:15

How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

Psalm 146:5

How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Psalm 146:9

The Lord protects those residing outside their native land; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.

Psalm 2:12

Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him!

Psalm 26:12

I am safe, and among the worshipers I will praise the Lord.

Psalm 34:8

Taste and see that the Lord is good! How blessed is the onewho takes shelter in him!

Psalm 36:4

He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.

Psalm 64:2

Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.

Psalm 81:12

I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.

Psalm 84:12

O Lord who rules over all, how blessed are those who trust in you!

Proverbs 1:15

My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

Proverbs 1:22

“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 13:15

Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the unfaithful is harsh.

Proverbs 13:20

The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.

Proverbs 2:12

to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,

Proverbs 3:34

Although he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, yet he shows favor to the humble.

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble.

Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.

Jeremiah 15:17

I did not spend my time in the company of other people, laughing and having a good time. I stayed to myself because I felt obligated to you and because I was filled with anger at what they had done.

Jeremiah 17:7

My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me.

Ezekiel 20:18

“‘But I said to their children in the wilderness, “Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Matthew 16:17

And Jesus answered him, “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven!

Luke 11:28

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

Luke 23:51

(He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

John 13:17

If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

John 20:29

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

Romans 5:2

through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.

Ephesians 6:13

For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.

Deuteronomy 14:6

You may eat any animal that has hooves divided into two parts and that chews the cud.

Deuteronomy 33:29

You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the Lord, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.

1 Peter 4:3

For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates.