Psalm 26:4 {25:4}
Good News Translation
I do not keep company with worthless people; I have nothing to do with hypocrites.

New Revised Standard Version
I do not sit with the worthless, nor do I consort with hypocrites;

Contemporary English Version
I don't spend my time with worthless liars

New American Bible
I do not sit with worthless men, nor with hypocrites do I mingle.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.

Psalm 1:1 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 119:63,115 I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments. . . .

Proverbs 9:6 He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.

Proverbs 12:11 He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds.

Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.

Jeremiah 15:17 I sat not in the assembly of jesters, nor did I make a boast of the presence of thy hand: I sat alone, because thou hast filled me with threats.

1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not seduced: Evil communications corrupt good manners.

2 Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore: Go out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing:

Context
Vindicate Me, O LORD
3For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy truth. 4I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.5I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.…
Cross References
Psalm 1:1
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 28:3
Draw me not away together with the wicked; and with the workers of iniquity destroy me not: Who speak peace with their neighbour, but evils are in their hearts.

Psalm 26:3
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