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
Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity;
Genesis 49:6
O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked an ox.
2 Chronicles 22:3
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
Job 10:3
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 21:16
Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Luke 23:51
(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), a man of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was looking for the kingdom of God:

Standeth

Psalm 26:12
My foot standeth in an even place: In the congregations will I bless Jehovah.
Romans 5:2
through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Ephesians 6:13
Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.

Way

Psalm 1:6
For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.
Psalm 36:4
He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.
Psalm 146:9
Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Proverbs 2:12
To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
Proverbs 13:15
Good understanding giveth favor; But the way of the transgressor is hard.
Matthew 7:13
Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.

Sitteth

Psalm 26:4
I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Psalm 119:115
Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.
Jeremiah 15:17
I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.

Scornful

Proverbs 1:22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:34
Surely he scoffeth at the scoffers; But he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Proverbs 9:12
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.

General references

Deuteronomy 14:6
And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof cloven in two, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.
Job 34:8
Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?
Psalm 26:4
I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Proverbs 1:10
My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.
Proverbs 4:14
Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.
Luke 11:28
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

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