Psalms 36:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

For hee flattereth himselfe in his owne eyes, while his iniquitie is foud worthy to be hated.

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  • Ps 49:18 : 18 For while he liued, he reioyced himselfe: and men will prayse thee, when thou makest much of thy selfe.
  • Deut 29:19 : 19 So that when he heareth the words of this curse, he blesse him selfe in his heart, saying, I shall haue peace, although I walke according to the stubburnes of mine owne heart, thus adding drunkennesse to thirst.
  • Ps 10:3 : 3 For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 15:18-24 : 18 And the Lord sent thee on a iourney, and saide, Goe, and destroy those sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them, vntill thou destroy them. 19 Nowe wherefore hast thou not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde, but hast turned to the pray, and hast done wickedly in the sight of the Lord? 20 And Saul saide vnto Samuel, Yea, I haue obeyed the voyce of the Lorde, and haue gone the way which the Lord sent me, & haue brought Agag the King of Amalek, and haue destroyed the Amalekites. 21 But the people tooke of the spoyle, sheepe, and oxen, and the chiefest of the things which shoulde haue bene destroyed, to offer vnto the Lord thy God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel saide, Hath the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as when the voyce of the Lord is obeyed? Beholde, to obey is better then sacrifice, and to hearken is better then the fatte of rammes. 23 For rebellion is as the sinne of withcraft, and transgression is wickednesse and idolatrie. Because thou hast cast away the worde of the Lord, therefore hee hath cast away thee from being King. 24 Then Saul sayde vnto Samuel, I haue sinned: for I haue transgressed the commaundement of the Lord, and thy wordes, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voyce.
  • 1 Chr 10:13-14 : 13 So Saul dyed for his transgression, that he committed against the Lord, euen against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and in that he sought & asked counsel of a familiar spirit, 14 And asked not of the Lorde: therefore he slewe him, and turned the kingdome vnto Dauid the sonne of Ishai.
  • Jer 2:23 : 23 Howe canst thou say, I am not polluted, neither haue I followed Baalim? beholde thy waies in the valley, & know, what thou hast done: thou art like a swift dromedarie, that runneth by his waies.
  • Jer 2:34-35 : 34 Also in thy wings is founde the bloud of the soules of ye poore innocents: I haue not found it in holes, but vpon all these places. 35 Yet thou saiest, Because I am giltles, surely his wrath shall turne from mee: beholde, I will enter with thee into iudgement, because thou saiest, I haue not sinned.
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is deceitfull and wicked aboue all things, who can knowe it?
  • Hos 12:7-8 : 7 He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse. 8 And Ephraim saide, Notwithstanding I am rich, I haue found me out riches in all my labours: they shall finde none iniquitie in me, that were wickednesse.
  • Luke 10:29 : 29 But he willing to iustifie himselfe, said vnto Iesus, Who is then my neighbour?
  • Luke 16:14-15 : 14 All these thinges heard the Pharises also which were couetous, and they scoffed at him. 15 Then he sayde vnto them, Yee are they, which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your heartes: for that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight of God.
  • Rom 3:9 : 9 What then? Are we more excellent? No, in no wise: for we haue alreadie prooued, that all, both Iewes and Gentiles are vnder sinne,
  • Rom 7:9 : 9 For I once was aliue, wtout the Law: but when the commandement came, sinne reuiued,
  • Rom 10:3 : 3 For they, being ignorant of the righteousnes of God, and going about to stablish their owne righteousnes, haue not submitted themselues to the righteousnes of God.

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    1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid, the seruant of the Lord. Wickednes sayeth to the wicked man, euen in mine heart, that there is no feare of God before his eyes.

  • Ps 36:3-4
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    3The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good.

    4Hee imagineth mischiefe vpon his bed: he setteth himselfe vpon a way, that is not good, and doeth not abhorre euill.

  • Prov 29:5
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    5A man that flattereth his neighbour, spreadeth a net for his steps.

  • Ps 10:2-7
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    2The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.

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    4The wicked is so proude that hee seeketh not for God: hee thinketh alwayes, There is no God.

    5His wayes alway prosper: thy iudgements are hie aboue his sight: therefore defieth he all his enemies.

    6He saith in his heart, I shall neuer be moued, nor be in danger.

    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.

  • Prov 26:24-26
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    24He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite.

    25Though he speake fauourably, beleeue him not: for there are seuen abominations in his heart.

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    6And if hee come to see mee, hee speaketh lies, but his heart heapeth iniquitie within him, and when he commeth foorth, he telleth it.

  • Job 17:5
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    5For the eyes of his children shall faile, that speaketh flattery to his friends.

  • Isa 47:10
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    10For thou hast trusted in thy wickednesse: thou hast sayd, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, they haue caused thee to rebel, & thou hast saide in thine heart, I am, and none els.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.

  • Prov 24:18
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    18Least the Lorde see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.

    3The Lorde cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speaketh proude things:

  • Prov 16:30
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    30He shutteth his eyes to deuise wickednes: he moueth his lippes, and bringeth euil to passe.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7Beholde the man that tooke not God for his strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and put his strength in his malice.

  • Prov 13:5
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    5A righteous man hateth lying wordes: but the wicked causeth slander and shame.

  • Gal 6:3
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    3For if any man seeme to himselfe, that he is somewhat, when he is nothing, hee deceiueth himselfe in his imagination.

  • Ps 78:36
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    36But they flattered him with their mouth, and dissembled with him with their tongue.

  • Prov 21:4
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    4A hautie looke, and a proude heart, which is the light of the wicked, is sinne.

  • Ps 10:11
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    11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will neuer see.

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    10The soule of the wicked wisheth euill: and his neighbour hath no fauour in his eyes.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12Seest thou a man wise in his owne conceite? more hope is of a foole then of him.

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    31He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.

  • Prov 6:14
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    14Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.

  • Prov 26:28
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    28A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.

  • Prov 14:14
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    14The heart that declineth, shall be saciate with his owne wayes: but a good man shall depart from him.

  • Jas 1:24
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  • Isa 3:9
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    9The triall of their countenance testifieth against them, yea, they declare their sinnes as Sodom, they hide them not. Wo be vnto their soules: for they haue rewarded euil vnto themselues.

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    12When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, and he hid it vnder his tongue,

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.

  • Prov 18:3
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    3When the wicked commeth, then commeth contempt, and with the vile man reproch.

  • Job 11:11
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    11For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.

  • Prov 23:7
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    7For as though he thought it in his heart, so will hee say vnto thee, Eate and drinke: but his heart is not with thee.

  • Prov 24:24
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    24He that saith to the wicked, Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, and the multitude shall abhorre him.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardeneth his face: but the iust, he will direct his way.

  • Ps 10:13
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    13Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard.

  • Prov 12:8
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    8A man shall be commended for his wisedome: but the froward of heart shalbe despised.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.

  • Prov 16:2
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    2All the wayes of a man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the spirits.

  • Prov 28:23
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    23He that rebuketh a man, shall finde more fauour at length, then he that flattereth with his tongue.