Psalms 1:4 · KJV
“The ungodly {are} not so: but {are} like the chaff which the wind driveth away.”
— Psalms 1:4
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. {wither: Heb. fade}
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Psalms 1 — Context
But his delight {is} in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. {wither: Heb. fade}
4The ungodly {are} not so: but {are} like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Cross References
Job 21:18
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. {carrieth: Heb. stealeth}
Matthew 3:12
Whose fan {is} in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Psalms 35:5
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase {them}.
Isaiah 17:13
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but {God} shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. {a rolling...: or, thistledown}
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff {that} is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Isaiah 29:5
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones {shall be} as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.