Psalms 36:4

American Standard Version (1901)

He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

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  • Isa 65:2 : 2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
  • Ps 97:10 : 10 O ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
  • Rev 2:2 : 2 I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These also are [sayings] of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
  • Acts 23:12 : 12 And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.
  • Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein] .
  • Jer 8:6 : 6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turneth to his course, as a horse that rusheth headlong in the battle.
  • Jer 9:2-9 : 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. 3 And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah. 4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders. 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity. 6 Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah. 7 Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how [else] should I do, because of the daughter of my people? 8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him. 9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
  • Hos 7:6-7 : 6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. 7 They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
  • 1 Sam 19:11 : 11 And Saul sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to-night, to-morrow thou wilt be slain.
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
  • Esth 6:4 : 4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me] ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
  • Ps 52:3 : 3 Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. {{Selah

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