Psalms 26:5 · KJV
“I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.”
— Psalms 26:5
I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
Psalms 26 — Context
For thy lovingkindness {is} before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
4I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
5I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
7That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
Cross References
Psalms 31:6
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
Psalms 101:3-8
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; {it} shall not cleave to me. {wicked...: Heb. thing of Belial}
Psalms 139:21-22
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
Psalms 1:1
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. {ungodly: or, wicked}
1 Corinthians 5:9-11
I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
Matthew 9:11-12
And when the Pharisees saw {it}, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?