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Psalm 5:6
You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
4For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you.
5The arrogant will not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.
6You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
7But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.
8Lead me, LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.
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“You will destroy” makes this prayer severe: the speaker trusts God to judge liars and names his abhorrence of bloodthirsty and deceitful people.
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Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who do the truth are his delight.Both passages name the LORD's abhorrence of lying, with Proverbs also naming his delight in those who do the truth.
Proverbs 6:17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,Both passages pair lying with bloodshed, naming deceitful speech alongside violence against human life.
Psalm 55:23But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.Both psalms name bloodthirsty and deceitful people and declare that God will bring destruction upon them.
Revelation 21:8But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns …Both passages declare judgment upon liars, and Revelation names murderers among those who face the second death.
Psalm 4:2You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity and seek after falsehood? Selah.Both psalms confront falsehood: Psalm 4 challenges those who seek it, while Psalm 5 declares God's judgment upon liars.
Psalm 139:19If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!Both psalms speak of bloodthirsty people and death at God's hand, one declaring judgment and the other pleading for it.
Revelation 22:15Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.Both passages name deceit and violence against others, with Psalm 5 declaring destruction and Revelation describing exclusion.
Psalm 43:1Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.Deceitful people appear in both prayers: Psalm 5 declares God's judgment, while Psalm 43 asks God for deliverance.
Isaiah 26:21For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no …Both passages connect bloodshed with divine judgment, and Isaiah describes the earth disclosing blood and uncovering its slain.
Luke 13:27He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’Both passages speak of rejection for wrongdoing: Psalm 5 names destruction, while Luke records a command to depart.
Proverbs 12:13An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.Both passages describe ruin connected with sinful speech: the psalm names divine destruction, while Proverbs describes a trap.
Deuteronomy 21:1If someone is found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it isn’t known who has struck him,The shared concern is bloodshed; Deuteronomy describes an unsolved killing, while the psalm declares God's abhorrence of bloodthirsty people.
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The judgment named here belongs to God. In the surrounding prayer, the speaker approaches him through his loving kindness and asks for a righteous path among enemies.
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