Psalms 26:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 26:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 26:5 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 26:5 — KJV
“I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.”
— Psalms 26:5 (KJV)
Psalms 26:5 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 26:5
“I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. an...: or, filthiness”
Shares key themes with Psalms 26:5: evil, doers, wicked
“Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. whereas: or, wherein”
Shares key themes with Psalms 26:5: evil, doers, sit
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires continually: Heb. every day”
Shares key themes with Psalms 26:5: evil, wicked
“How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 26:5: congregation, evil
“I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 26:5: congregation, evil
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