Psalms 62:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Their only thought is to put him down from his place of honour; their delight is in deceit: blessing is in their mouths but cursing in their hearts. (Selah.)

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  • Ps 28:3 : 3 Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.
  • Ps 5:9 : 9 For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.
  • Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish? 2 The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying, 3 Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.
  • Ps 51:6 : 6 Your desire is for what is true in the inner parts: in the secrets of my soul you will give me knowledge of wisdom.
  • Ps 52:3 : 3 You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)
  • Ps 119:163 : 163 I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I am a lover of your law.
  • Prov 6:17 : 17 Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
  • Prov 13:5 : 5 The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.
  • Hos 7:3 : 3 In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit.
  • Matt 2:3-4 : 3 And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.
  • Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.
  • Matt 22:15 : 15 Then the Pharisees went and had a meeting to see how they might make use of his words to take him.
  • Matt 22:23 : 23 On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,
  • Matt 22:34-35 : 34 But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together; 35 And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas. 4 And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death.
  • Luke 11:39 : 39 And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil.
  • Luke 20:20 : 20 And they kept watch on him, and sent out secret representatives, who were acting the part of good men, in order that they might get something from his words, on account of which they might give him up to the government and into the power of the ruler.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
  • John 11:47-50 : 47 Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs. 48 If we let him go on in this way, everybody will have belief in him and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation. 49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, You have no knowledge of anything; 50 You do not see that it is in your interest for one man to be put to death for the people, so that all the nation may not come to destruction.
  • Acts 4:16-17 : 16 Saying, What are we to do with these men? for certainly it is clear to all who are living in Jerusalem that a most important sign has been done by them, and it is not possible to say that it is not so. 17 But so that it may not go farther among the people, let us put them in fear of punishment if they say anything in future in this name.
  • Acts 4:25-28 : 25 Who has said, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish? 26 The kings of the earth were lifted up, the rulers came together, against the Lord, and against his Christ: 27 For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together, 28 To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.
  • 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.
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs, and those who make use of evil powers, those who make themselves unclean, and the takers of life, and those who give worship to images, and everyone whose delight is in what is false.

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