Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Bible References

Counsel

Psalm 64:2
Keep me safe from secret plots of corrupt evildoers.
Genesis 49:6
I will not join in their secret talks. I will not take part in their meetings. They killed people in anger. They crippled bulls for sport.
2 Chronicles 22:3
Ahaziah also followed the ways of Ahab's family, because his mother gave him advice that led him to sin.
Job 10:3
Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?
Job 21:16
Is their prosperity indeed their own achievement? The plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.
Luke 23:51
He was from Arimathaea a city of the Jews and was looking for the kingdom of God.

Standeth

Psalm 26:12
My feet stand on level ground. I will praise Jehovah in the congregation.
Romans 5:2
We have access to grace (God's favor) by faith through him. This is where we stand. We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
Ephesians 6:13
For that reason, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, having done everything, to stand firm.

Way

Psalm 1:6
Jehovah knows (is fully aware of) the way of the righteous. But the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 36:4
He plans wickedness upon his bed. He walks on a path that is not good. He does not despise evil.
Psalm 146:9
Jehovah protects the strangers. He supports the fatherless and the widow, but he overthrows the way of the wicked.
Proverbs 2:12
It will deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things.
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is like darkness. They do not know what makes them stumble.
Proverbs 13:15
Good understanding gives favor. The way of transgressors is hard.
Matthew 7:13
Enter through the narrow gate, since the gate to destruction is wide and the road that leads to destruction is wide and many enter through it.

Sitteth

Psalm 26:4
I do not sit with deceitful men, and I will not be found among hypocrites.
Psalm 119:115
Depart from me, evildoers, that I may observe the commandments of my God.
Jeremiah 15:17
I did not spend my time with other people laughing and having a good time. In obedience to your orders I stayed by myself and was filled with anger.

Scornful

Proverbs 1:22
How long, you simple (stupid) (foolish) ones, will you love simplicity (foolishness) (stupidity)? The scoffers delight in scoffing. Fools hate knowledge!
Proverbs 3:34
He has no use for conceited people. He shows loving kindness to the humble.
Proverbs 9:12
When you are wise you are wise for yourself. When you scoff you bear it alone.
Proverbs 19:29
Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the back of fools.

General references

Deuteronomy 14:6
You may eat any animal that divides the hoof and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud.
Job 34:8
Who goes in company with evildoers and walks with the wicked?
Psalm 26:4
I do not sit with deceitful men, and I will not be found among hypocrites.
Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners tempt you do not consent.
Proverbs 4:14
Do not enter the path of the wicked. Do not walk in the way of evil men.
Luke 11:28
He replied: More blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it.