Psalms 50:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

When you saw a thief, you were in agreement with him, and you were joined with those who took other men's wives.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 1:32 : 32 Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.
  • 1 Tim 5:22 : 22 Do not put hands on any man without thought, and have no part in other men's sins: keep yourself clean.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.
  • Eph 5:11-13 : 11 And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear; 12 For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words. 13 But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.
  • Lev 20:10 : 10 And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.
  • Job 31:9-9 : 9 If my heart went after another man's wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour's door; 10 Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body. 11 For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:
  • Prov 1:10-19 : 10 My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them. 11 If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause; 12 Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death; 13 Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth; 14 Take your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag: 15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways: 16 For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life. 17 Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird: 18 And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves. 19 Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.
  • Prov 2:16-19 : 16 To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue; 17 Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind: 18 For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades: 19 Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:
  • Prov 7:19-23 : 19 For the master of the house is away on a long journey: 20 He has taken a bag of money with him; he is coming back at the full moon. 21 With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips. 22 The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord; 23 Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.
  • Isa 5:23 : 23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.
  • Jer 5:8-9 : 8 They were full of desire, like horses after a meal of grain: everyone went after his neighbour's wife. 9 Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.
  • Matt 23:30 : 30 If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets.

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  • Ps 50:19-21
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    19 You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.

    20 You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son.

    21 These things have you done, and I said nothing; it seemed to you that I was such a one as yourself; but I will make a protest against you, and put them in order before your eyes.

  • Ps 50:16-17
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    16 But to the sinner, God says, What are you doing, talking of my laws, or taking the words of my agreement in your mouth?

    17 Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words.

  • 24 A man who takes part with a thief has hate for his soul; he is put under oath, but says nothing.

  • Job 15:5-6
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    5 For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

    6 It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.

  • Rom 2:21-22
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    21 You who give teaching to others, do you give it to yourself? you who say that a man may not take what is not his, do you take what is not yours?

    22 You who say that a man may not be untrue to his wife, are you true to yours? you who are a hater of images, do you do wrong to the house of God?

  • 30 Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:

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    32 The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!

    33 They give payment to all loose women: but you give rewards to your lovers, offering them payment so that they may come to you on every side for your cheap love.

  • 10 My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

  • Matt 5:27-28
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    27 You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:

    28 But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

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    14 Do not be false to the married relation.

    15 Do not take the property of another.

  • 17 ...

  • Ps 52:3-4
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    3 You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)

    4 Destruction is in all your words, O false tongue.

  • Deut 5:18-19
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    18 Do not be false to the married relation.

    19 Do not take the property of another.

  • 33 Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.

  • 17 And you took the fair jewels, my silver and gold which I had given to you, and made for yourself male images, acting like a loose woman with them;

  • 8 And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners?

  • 4 A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

  • 20 This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.

  • 8 You have made little of my holy things, and have made my Sabbaths unclean.

  • 20 What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?

  • 2 The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.

  • 15 About Judah. What have you to do in my house? is it your thought that oaths and holy flesh will get you out of your trouble? will you make yourself safe in this way?

  • 15 And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;

  • 12 In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.

  • 32 He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

  • 8 And on the back of the doors and on the pillars you have put your sign: for you have been false to me with another; you have made your bed wide, and made an agreement with them; you had a desire for their bed where you saw it

  • 11 Because you were there watching when men from other lands took away his goods, and strange men came into his doors, and put the fate of Jerusalem to the decision of chance; you were like one of them.

  • 10 For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.

  • 14 You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

  • 15 Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?

  • 24 He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.

  • 158 I saw with hate those who were untrue to you; for they did not keep your saying.

  • 13 Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?

  • 10 You have been a cause of shame to your house by cutting off a number of peoples, and sinning against your soul.

  • 12 Has done wrong to the poor and to him who is in need, and taken property by force, and has not given back to one in his debt what is his, and has given worship to images and has done disgusting things,

  • 15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • 7 Have no part with such men;

  • 1 Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

  • 2 You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

  • 12 Why is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up;