Psalm 5:4

New English Translation

Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

Psalm 101:7

Deceitful people will not live in my palace. Liars will not be welcome in my presence.

Psalm 11:5

The Lord approves of the godly, but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence.

Psalm 140:13

Certainly the godly will give thanks to your name; the morally upright will live in your presence.

Psalm 50:21

When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!

Psalm 63:2

Yes, in the sanctuary I have seen you, and witnessed your power and splendor.

Psalm 88:14

O Lord, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?

Psalm 92:15

So they proclaim that the Lord, my protector, is just and never unfair.

Psalm 94:20

Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws.

Habakkuk 1:13

You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” Because you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the Lord’s opinion, and he delights in them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”

John 14:23

Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him.

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.

2 Peter 3:13

But, according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness truly resides.

Revelation 21:23

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Revelation 21:27

but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.