Psalm 26:4

New International Reader's Version

I don’t spend time with people who tell lies. I don’t keep company with pretenders.

Cross References

Job 31:5

“I haven’t told any lies. My feet haven’t hurried to cheat others.

Psalm 1:1

Blessed is the person who obeys the law of the Lord. They don’t follow the advice of evil people. They don’t make a habit of doing what sinners do. They don’t join those who make fun of the Lord and his law.

Psalm 101:4

I will stay away from those whose hearts are twisted. I won’t have anything to do with what is evil.

Psalm 119:115

Get away from me, you who do evil! Then I can do what my God commands me to do.

Psalm 119:63

I’m a friend to everyone who has respect for you. I’m a friend to everyone who follows your rules.

Proverbs 12:11

Those who farm their land will have plenty of food. But those who chase dreams have no sense.

Proverbs 13:20

Walk with wise people and become wise. A companion of foolish people suffers harm.

Proverbs 9:6

Leave your childish ways and you will live. Walk in the way of understanding.”

Jeremiah 15:17

I never sat around with those who go to wild parties. I never had a good time with them. I sat alone because you had put your powerful hand on me. Your anger against sin was burning inside me.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Don’t let anyone fool you. “Bad companions make a good person bad.”

2 Corinthians 6:17

So, “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch anything that is not pure and ‘clean.’ Then I will receive you.” (Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41)