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Psalms 101:4
Psalms 101:4 is verse 4 of Psalms chapter 101, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.
King James Version
A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
World English Bible
A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
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Psalms 101:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.
5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
6 My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 2:12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
Proverbs 2:13from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
Proverbs 2:14from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
Proverbs 2:15whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
Proverbs 3:32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
Proverbs 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
Proverbs 11:20The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
Psalms 6:8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
Psalms 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Proverbs 9:6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
Proverbs 22:24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
Matthew 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
2 Corinthians 6:15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
2 Corinthians 11:33But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”