Psalms 36:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity is found to be hateful.

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  • Ps 49:18 : 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.
  • Deut 29:19 : 19 And it comes to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
  • Ps 10:3 : 3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors.
  • 1 Sam 15:18-24 : 18 And the LORD sent you on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed. 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but flew upon the spoil, and did evil in the sight of the LORD? 20 And Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel said, Does the LORD have as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king. 24 And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and your words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
  • 1 Chr 10:13-14 : 13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he did not keep; and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it; 14 And he did not inquire of the LORD. Therefore He killed him and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
  • Jer 2:23 : 23 How can you say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after Baalim? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: you are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
  • Jer 2:34-35 : 34 Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. 35 Yet you say, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with you, because you say, I have not sinned.
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
  • Hos 12:7-8 : 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress. 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.
  • Luke 10:29 : 29 But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
  • Luke 16:14-15 : 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they ridiculed him. 15 And he said to them, You are the ones who justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for what is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
  • Rom 3:9 : 9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all: for we have already charged both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
  • Rom 7:9 : 9 For I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
  • Rom 10:3 : 3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

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    1 The transgression of the wicked speaks within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

  • Ps 36:3-4
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    3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

    4 He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.

  • Prov 29:5
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    5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

  • Ps 10:2-7
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    2 The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be caught in the devices they have imagined.

    3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors.

    4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God; God is not in all his thoughts.

    5 His ways are always grievous; Your judgments are far above, out of his sight; as for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

    6 He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved; for I shall never be in adversity.

    7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  • Prov 26:24-26
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    24 He who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him;

    25 When he speaks kindly, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

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  • Ps 41:6
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    6 And if he comes to see me, he speaks vain things; his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes out, he tells it.

  • Job 17:5
    74%

    5 He that speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

  • Isa 47:10
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    10 For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, 'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and your knowledge have perverted you; and you have said in your heart, 'I am, and there is none else besides me.'

  • Prov 10:18
    73%

    18 He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

  • Prov 24:18
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    18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2 They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

    3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things:

  • Prov 16:30
    73%

    30 He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things; moving his lips, he brings evil to pass.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7 Look, this is the man that did not make God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • Prov 13:5
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    5 A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

  • Gal 6:3
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    3 For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

  • Ps 78:36
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    36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

  • Prov 21:4
    72%

    4 A proud look, a haughty heart, and the plowing of the wicked are sin.

  • Ps 10:11
    72%

    11 He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see it.

  • Prov 28:11
    72%

    11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Prov 21:10
    72%

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

  • Prov 26:12
    72%

    12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Job 15:31
    71%

    31 Let not him who is deceived trust in vanity, for emptiness shall be his recompense.

  • Prov 6:14
    71%

    14 Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.

  • Prov 26:28
    71%

    28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Prov 14:14
    71%

    14 The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, but a good man will be satisfied from himself.

  • Jas 1:24
    71%

    24 For he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

  • Isa 3:9
    71%

    9 The look on their faces testifies against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they do not hide it. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

  • Job 20:12
    71%

    12 Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,

  • Ps 37:32
    71%

    32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Ps 5:9
    71%

    9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

  • Prov 18:3
    71%

    3 When the wicked comes, contempt also comes, and with dishonor, reproach.

  • Job 11:11
    71%

    11 For He knows deceptive men; He sees wickedness also; will He not then consider it?

  • Prov 17:20
    71%

    20 He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 23:7
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    7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: "Eat and drink," he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

  • Prov 24:24
    71%

    24 He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; him the people shall curse, nations shall abhor him.

  • Prov 21:29
    71%

    29 A wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he directs his way.

  • Ps 10:13
    70%

    13 Why does the wicked despise God? He has said in his heart, You will not require it.

  • Prov 12:8
    70%

    8 A man is commended according to his wisdom, but he who is of a perverse heart will be despised.

  • Prov 17:4
    70%

    4 A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • Prov 16:2
    70%

    2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.

  • Prov 28:23
    70%

    23 He who rebukes a man afterward shall find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.