Psalms 36:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.

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  • Isa 65:2 : 2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way [that was] not good, after their own thoughts;
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 ¶ Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 [Let] love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
  • Ps 97:10 : 10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
  • Rev 2:2 : 2 ‹I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:›
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 ¶ These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 ¶ When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
  • Acts 23:12 : 12 ¶ And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
  • Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].
  • Jer 8:6 : 6 I hearkened and heard, [but] they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
  • Jer 9:2-9 : 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they [be] all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. 3 And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. 4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, [and] weary themselves to commit iniquity. 6 Thine habitation [is] in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. 7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? 8 Their tongue [is as] an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. 9 Shall I not visit them for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
  • Hos 7:6-7 : 6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. 7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: [there is] none among them that calleth unto me.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
  • 1 Sam 19:11 : 11 ¶ Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
  • Esth 6:4 : 4 ¶ And the king said, Who [is] in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 ¶ They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
  • Ps 52:3 : 3 Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

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    3 The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

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    14 Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

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  • Ps 10:3-4
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  • 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.

  • 11 There is [one] come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

  • Ps 7:14-15
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    14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

    15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made.

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  • 2 Yet he also [is] wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

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    4 For thou [art] not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

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  • 15 ¶ Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

  • 14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

  • 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

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    2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

    3 Thou lovest evil more than good; [and] lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

  • 7 The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

  • 5 They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

  • 11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].

  • 26 [Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.

  • 10 ¶ The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

  • 12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

  • 20 ¶ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • 24 ¶ He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

  • 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

  • 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

  • 22 ¶ Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth [shall be] to them that devise good.

  • 36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

  • 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

  • 20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against [them that are] quiet in the land.

  • 4 ¶ The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

  • 6 And if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].

  • 21 He evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

  • 11 ¶ An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

  • 29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

  • 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • 26 ¶ The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to the LORD: but [the words] of the pure [are] pleasant words.

  • 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction [are] in their paths.