Psalms 5:6

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“You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.”

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BSBPD

“You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 5:6 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 34:14“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
  2. Genesis 34:25Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
  3. 2 Samuel 16:8The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
  4. 2 Samuel 20:1Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
  5. Psalms 4:2How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
  6. Psalms 11:5The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
  7. Psalms 26:8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
  8. Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
  9. Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
  10. Isaiah 26:21For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
  11. Romans 1:29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
  12. Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
  13. Revelation 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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