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Psalms 26:5–6

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I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:
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From verse 5

  1. Psalms 31:6Rank 1 from verse 5
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    6I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.

  2. Psalms 101:3–8Rank 2 from verse 5
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    3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

    4A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

    5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

    6Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

    7He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

    8I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the Lord.

  3. Psalms 139:21–22Rank 3 from verse 5
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    21Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

    22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

  4. Psalms 1:1Rank 4 from verse 5
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    1BLESSED 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.

  5. 1 Corinthians 5:9–11Rank 5 from verse 5
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    9I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

    10Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

    11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

From verse 6

  1. Psalms 73:13Rank 1 from verse 6
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    13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

  2. Isaiah 1:16–18Rank 2 from verse 6
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    16¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

    17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

    18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  3. Exodus 30:19–20Rank 3 from verse 6
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    19For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:

    20When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord:

  4. Titus 3:5Rank 4 from verse 6
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    5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

  5. 1 Corinthians 11:28–29Rank 5 from verse 6
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    28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

    29For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

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Psalms 26:5

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hated

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hate, meaning to feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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congregation

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1. A gathered assembly, company, or community of people, or the people considered together as a body. 2. In the fixed expressions "tabernacle of the congregation" and "tent of the congregation," part of the name of the appointed meeting place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

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Psalms 26:6

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wash

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To cleanse with water or another liquid; to bathe or cause water to pass over.

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hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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compass

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1. To go around, surround, enclose, or encircle. 2. A circuit, circumference, boundary, or roundabout route. 3. An instrument used to mark or draw a circle.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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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.

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6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:

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7That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

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