Psalms 58:2

American Standard Version (1901)

Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 94:20 : 20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?
  • Isa 10:1 : 1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;
  • Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.
  • Isa 59:4-6 : 4 None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. 6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
  • Jer 22:16-17 : 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah. 17 But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
  • Ezek 22:27 : 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
  • Mic 3:1-3 : 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice? 2 ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
  • Mic 3:9-9 : 9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity. 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
  • Mal 3:15 : 15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.
  • John 11:47-53 : 47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many signs. 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation. 49 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, 50 nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. 51 Now this he said not of himself: but, being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation; 52 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God that are scattered abroad. 53 So from that day forth they took counsel that they might put him to death.
  • Eccl 3:16 : 16 And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
  • Ps 21:11 : 11 For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

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  • Isa 59:3-4
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    3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.

    4None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

  • Mic 2:1-2
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    1Woe 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.

    2And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.

  • Isa 59:6-7
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    6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

    7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

  • Ps 26:10
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    10In whose hands is wickedness, And their right hand is full of bribes.

  • Ps 64:6
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    6They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, [say they], a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.

  • Ps 58:3
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    3The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

  • Jer 22:17
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    17But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

  • Ps 28:3-4
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    3Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

    4Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.

  • Prov 1:16
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    16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

  • Mic 6:10-12
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    10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?

    11Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

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  • Job 6:27
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    27Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

  • Isa 57:4-5
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    4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

    5ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

  • Isa 59:13
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    13transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

  • Ps 140:2
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    2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.

  • Jer 4:18
    72%

    18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.

  • Hos 4:2
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    2There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

  • Rom 3:15
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    15Their feet are swift to shed blood;

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    7Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

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    17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee] .

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    14If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

  • Prov 11:18
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    18The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness [hath] a sure reward.

  • Eccl 8:11
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    11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

  • Isa 3:9
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    9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.

  • Ps 7:14
    71%

    14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

  • Ezek 22:13
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    13Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

  • Isa 58:4
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    4Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.

  • Hos 10:13
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    35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.

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    2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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    3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

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    15Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

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  • Prov 4:17
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    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

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    8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.

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    3--ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

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    8Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.