Psalms 36:4

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The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; he has stopped being wise and doing good.

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  • Isa 65:2 : 2 All day long I have stretched out my hands to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own thoughts.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to those who devise wickedness and plan evil on their beds! At dawn, they carry it out because they have the power to do it.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
  • Ps 97:10 : 10 O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of His faithful ones; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
  • Rev 2:2 : 2 I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and you have found them to be liars.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These also belong to the wise: showing partiality in judgment is not good.
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.
  • Acts 23:12 : 12 When daylight came, some of the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse, declaring that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things but also approve of those who practice them.
  • Jer 6:16 : 16 This is what the Lord says: 'Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'
  • Jer 8:6 : 6 I have listened and heard, but they do not speak what is right. No one repents of their wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone turns to their own course, like a horse charging into battle.
  • Jer 9:2-9 : 2 They bend their tongues like a bow to shoot lies, not for truth do they grow strong in the land; they go from one evil to another, and they do not know me, declares the Lord. 3 Beware of your neighbor; do not trust even a brother. Every brother utterly deceives, and every friend spreads slander. 4 Each one deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak the truth. They have trained their tongues to speak lies and exhaust themselves with wrongdoing. 5 You live in the midst of deceit, and because of deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord. 6 Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people? 7 Their tongues are a sharpened arrow; deceit pours from their mouths. They speak peace to their neighbor, but in their hearts, they set up an ambush. 8 Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this? 9 I will raise weeping and wailing for the mountains and a dirge for the pastures in the wilderness, because they are burned up and desolate; no one passes through, and cattle cannot be heard anymore—birds of the sky and animals alike have fled and are gone.
  • Hos 7:6-7 : 6 Their hearts are like an oven as they plot; all night their anger smolders, in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire. 7 All of them are hot like an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none call on me.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate evil and love good; establish justice at the gate. Perhaps the Lord, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
  • 1 Sam 19:11 : 11 Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, saying, 'If you don’t escape tonight, you will be killed in the morning.'
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 His wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, "Have a gallows constructed, seventy-five feet high, and in the morning suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it. Then go with the king to the banquet and enjoy yourself." This suggestion pleased Haman, and he had the gallows built.
  • Esth 6:4 : 4 The king asked, "Who is in the courtyard?" Now Haman had just entered the outer courtyard of the king’s palace to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much less is a man, who is detestable and corrupt, one who drinks iniquity like water!
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 My loved ones and friends stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand far off.
  • Ps 52:3 : 3 Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all day long.

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  • Ps 36:1-3
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    1 To the choirmaster, a servant of the Lord, a psalm of David.

    2 An oracle of transgression speaks to the wicked within his heart; there is no fear of God before his eyes.

    3 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

  • 8 The one who plots evil will be called a schemer.

  • 1 Woe to those who devise wickedness and plan evil on their beds! At dawn, they carry it out because they have the power to do it.

  • Prov 6:14-15
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    14 He plots evil with deceit in his heart; he constantly stirs up dissension.

    15 Therefore his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant, he will be broken beyond healing.

  • 30 The one who winks with his eyes is plotting perverse things, and the one who purses his lips is bent on evil.

  • Ps 10:7-8
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    7 His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.

    8 He sits in ambush in the villages; in the hiding places he murders the innocent; his eyes stealthily watch for the helpless.

  • Ps 10:3-4
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    3 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his heart, and the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.

    4 In his pride, the wicked man says, 'He will not seek; there is no God in all his thoughts.'

  • 16 For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

  • 11 From you, Nineveh, has come one who plots evil against the Lord and devises wicked plans.

  • Ps 7:14-15
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    14 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.

    15 Behold, the wicked conceives evil, is pregnant with mischief, and gives birth to lies.

  • 2 For their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk of trouble.

  • 2 Yet He is wise and brings disaster; He does not take back His words. He will rise against the house of evildoers and against the help of those who practice wickedness.

  • 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,

  • 32 The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

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    4 In the morning, LORD, You hear my voice; in the morning, I present my request to You and wait expectantly.

  • 2 Rescue me, O LORD, from evil people; protect me from men of violence.

  • 15 Do not lie in ambush, wicked person, at the house of the righteous; do not destroy their resting place.

  • 14 from those who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perversity of wickedness.

  • 3 Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.

  • 27 A worthless man plots evil, and his words are like a scorching fire.

  • Ps 52:2-3
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    2 When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, saying, 'David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.'

    3 Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all day long.

  • 7 The schemes of the wicked are evil; he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

  • 5 They shoot from hiding places at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear.

  • 11 You will destroy their offspring from the earth, and their descendants from among mankind.

  • 26 Though hatred is concealed by deceit, its wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

  • 10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

  • 12 The wicked person plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.

  • 20 A crooked heart will not find good, and the one with a deceitful tongue will fall into trouble.

  • 24 An enemy disguises themselves with their lips, but in their heart, they harbor deceit.

  • 20 Can a corrupt throne be allied with you—one that brings about trouble under the guise of law?

  • 35 They conceive trouble and give birth to wickedness; their womb prepares deceit.

  • 22 Do not those who plot evil go astray? But those who plan good find love and faithfulness.

  • 36 to subvert a person in their cause—the Lord does not approve.

  • 16 For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood.

  • 20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

  • 4 The Lord has made everything for its purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.

  • 6 My enemies speak evil of me, saying, 'When will he die, and his name perish?

  • 21 He preys on the barren woman who does not bear children, and he does no good to the widow.

  • 11 A rebellious person seeks only evil, so a cruel messenger will be sent against them.

  • 29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor who lives trustingly beside you.

  • 19 You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

  • 26 The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but gracious words are pure to Him.

  • 7 Their feet run to do evil, and they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; ruin and destruction are in their paths.