Psalm 5:4

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Summary

Psalm 5:4

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

God

Evil

Revelation 21:23

Bible References

God

“These things you have done and I kept silence;
You thought that I was just like you;
I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.

Since I know, O my God, that You try the heart and delight in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You.

Your eyes are too pure to approve evil,
And You can not look on wickedness with favor.
Why do You look with favor
On those who deal treacherously?
Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up
Those more righteous than they?

You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Evil

Can a

throne of destruction be allied with You,

One which devises mischief by decree?

He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who speaks falsehood shall not maintain his position before me.

Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name;
The upright will dwell in Your presence.

Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.

Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.

But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.