Psalms 15

The AIT Bible

Who May Dwell with God?

1A psalm of David. Yahweh, who may sojourn in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy mountain?

2The one who walks blamelessly, and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart—

3who does not slander with his tongue, does no evil to his neighbor, and casts no reproach on the one near him;

4in whose eyes a rejected person is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; who swears to his own hurt and does not change;

5who does not lend his money at interest, and takes no bribe against the innocent. The one who does these things will never be shaken.

Where this passage connects across Scripture — each link typed and reasoned, part of the AIT Bible Nexus Chart.

parallel Psalms 24:3 — Both pose the same liturgical entrance question—who may ascend/dwell on Yahweh's holy hill—answered by an ethical qualification list.
allusion Deuteronomy 23:19 — Reflects the Deuteronomic prohibition of charging interest, part of the ethical criteria for the righteous.
allusion Exodus 22:25 — Shares the specific prohibition against lending money at interest, echoing the Torah law on usury toward one's neighbor.
thematic Exodus 23:8 — Echoes the Torah command against taking bribes that pervert justice for the innocent.
thematic Isaiah 33:14 — Isaiah asks who can dwell with the consuming fire and answers with a nearly identical righteous-conduct list (walks righteously, rejects bribes and violence).
thematic Isaiah 33:1 — Both answer who may dwell with God by listing the righteous conduct required, including rejecting bribes and oppression.
thematic Joshua 9:3 — Israel honors an oath sworn by Yahweh even to their own hurt, exemplifying the one who swears to his own hurt and does not change.
thematic Leviticus 19:16 — Shares the prohibition of slander/going about as a talebearer against one's neighbor.
thematic Leviticus 25:35 — The righteous one who lends without interest reflects obedience to this law.
thematic Psalms 16:8 — Both close with the confident assurance that the righteous one will not be shaken.
thematic Psalms 101:1 — Both describe who may dwell with God/king in terms of truthful speech and rejecting deceit and slander.