Psalm 101:7 {100:7}
Good News Translation
No liar will live in my palace; no hypocrite will remain in my presence.

New Revised Standard Version
No one who practices deceit shall remain in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue in my presence.

Contemporary English Version
No one who cheats or lies will have a position in my royal court.

New American Bible
No one who practices deceit can remain within my house. No one who speaks falsely can last in my presence.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.

he that worketh

2 Samuel 4:10-12 The man that told me, and said: Saul is dead, who thought he brought good tidings, I apprehended, and slew him in Siceleg, who should have been rewarded for his news. . . .

2 Kings 5:26,27 But he said: Was not my heart present, when the man turned back, from his chariot, to meet thee? So now thou hast received money, and received garments, to buy oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants. . . .

Proverbs 29:12 A prince that gladly heareth lying words, hath all his servants wicked.

Acts 1:16-20,25 Men, brethren, the scripture must needs be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was the leader of them that apprehended Jesus: . . .

Acts 5:1-10 But a certain man named Ananias, with Saphira his wife, sold a piece of land, . . .

tarry in my sight heb.

Context
I will Set No Worthless Thing Before My Eyes
6My eyes were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: the man that walked in the perfect way, he served me. 7He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.8In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: that I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.…
Cross References
Psalm 43:1
A psalm for David. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation that is not holy: deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man.

Psalm 52:2
All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

Psalm 52:4
Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue.

Psalm 52:5
Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living.

Psalm 101:6
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