Psalms 50:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Neh 9:26 : 26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Prov 1:28-29 : 28 Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me: 29 For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:
1 Kgs 14:9 : 9 but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
Prov 8:36 : 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.
John 3:20 : 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they {G1381} {G3756} refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
Rom 2:21-23 : 21 thou therefore that teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 22 thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou rob temples? 23 thou who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law dishonorest thou God?
2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
2 Tim 4:3-4 : 3 For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
Jer 8:9 : 9 The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?
Jer 18:12 : 12 But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.
Jer 36:23-32 : 23 And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that [the king] cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier. 24 And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. 25 Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them. 26 And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them. 27 Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, 28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. 29 And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? 30 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. 31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they hearkened not. 32 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides unto them many like words.
Isa 5:23 : 23 that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Prov 5:12-13 : 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; 13 Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 50:16
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16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth,
Prov 5:12-13
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12And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
13Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Ps 50:18-21
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78%
18When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers.
19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.
20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
Prov 1:23-25
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76%
23Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.
24Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;
25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:
Job 15:4-5
2 verses
75%
4Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.
5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Job 15:13
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13That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?
Prov 1:29-30
2 verses
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29For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:
30They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.
Job 36:17
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17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee].
Ps 5:5
72%
5The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Ps 52:3-4
2 verses
72%
3Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. {H5542}
4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Prov 19:27
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27Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge.
Lam 5:22
72%
22But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.
Prov 8:13
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13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Amos 5:10
71%
10They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Ps 89:38
71%
38But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
Prov 25:17
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17Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.
Jer 2:33
71%
33How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways.
Prov 23:8
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8The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.
Ezek 22:8
71%
8Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
Prov 15:5
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5A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
Job 34:16
71%
16If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: Hearken to the voice of my words.
Job 34:27
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27Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:
Ps 119:21
71%
21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.
Prov 12:1
71%
1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Job 10:3
70%
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?
Prov 10:17-18
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70%
17He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.
18He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.
Job 5:17
70%
17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Ezek 23:28
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28For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy soul is alienated;
Prov 14:17
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17He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.
Ps 36:3
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3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.
Prov 15:10
70%
10There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; [And] he that hateth reproof shall die.
Job 11:5
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5But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee,
Prov 15:32
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32He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.
Job 22:15
70%
15Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?
Mal 2:17
70%
17Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?
Deut 28:20
70%
20Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
Isa 57:17
70%
17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid [my face] and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
Jer 4:18
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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.
Prov 1:15
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15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
Ps 5:10
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10Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.