Psalms 1:6

For. Effect latent in first clause: cause latent in second clause.

knoweth. approveth, or acknowledged. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause). Compare Nahum 1:7; 2 Timothy 2:19.

perish. come to naught.

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⁶ For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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