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Psalm 101:7

He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.

5I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.
6My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.
7He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes.
8Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the LORD’s city.
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David’s refusal to house deceitful people raises the question of how truth shapes the trust you grant others.

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Leviticus 19:11“‘You shall not steal. “‘You shall not lie. “‘You shall not deceive one another.Leviticus forbids lying and deceiving one another; David’s pledge excludes those practices from his household.
Psalm 5:4For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you.Both use the language of dwelling: evil cannot live with God, and David refuses to house those who practice deceit.
Acts 5:1–10But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,The shared thread is thin: the psalm concerns household integrity, while the supplied Acts excerpt introduces a husband and wife selling property.
Ezekiel 13:9“My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who utter lying divinations. They will not be in the council of my people, neither will they be …Both deny liars an established place: David excludes deceivers from his house, and God excludes lying prophets from his people’s council.
2 Samuel 4:10–12The link is a ruler’s rejection: David excludes deceivers in the psalm and recounts killing the bearer of news about Saul.
Proverbs 29:12If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.Both connect a ruler’s response to lies with the character of those who hold a place around him.
Acts 1:16–20“Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide …David is the shared figure: the psalm records his resolve against deceit, and Acts names him as speaking Scripture concerning Judas.
Psalm 52:2Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.Both name deceit in speech: Psalm 52 describes its destructive edge, while David’s pledge refuses the speaker an established place.
Acts 1:25to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”Both concern a person’s place: the psalm denies deceivers a standing, while Acts describes Judas falling away from his ministry.
2 Kings 5:26–27He said to him, “Didn’t my heart go with you when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and …Both confront unacceptable conduct: the psalm rejects deceit, while the supplied Kings excerpt questions whether receiving wealth and goods was fitting.
Psalm 119:163I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.Both reject falsehood: Psalm 119 expresses hatred for it, and David’s pledge bars its practitioners from his house.
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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).