Psalms 36:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Isa 65:2 : 2 I have stretched out my hands all day long 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 iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they do not sleep unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cling to that which is good.
  • Ps 97:10 : 10 You that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
  • Rev 2:2 : 2 I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and how you cannot bear those who are evil; and you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars;
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These sayings also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 When morning came, 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 an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 Who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.
  • Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus says the LORD, Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it.
  • Jer 8:6 : 6 I listened and heard, but they did not speak rightly: no man repented of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Everyone turned to his own course, like a horse charging into battle.
  • Jer 9:2-9 : 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for travelers; that I might leave my people and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. 3 And they bend their tongues like a bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the LORD. 4 Take heed every one of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders. 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. 6 Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says the LORD. 7 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and test them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? 8 Their tongue is like an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait. 9 Shall I not visit them for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
  • Hos 7:6-7 : 6 For they prepare their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleeps all the night; in the morning it burns like a flaming fire. 7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings have fallen: there is none among them that calls unto me.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
  • 1 Sam 19:11 : 11 Saul also sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning; and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be killed.
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 Then Zeresh, his wife, and all his friends said to him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And this pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.
  • Esth 6:4 : 4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 Those who seek my life lay snares for me, and those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things and imagine deceits all day long.
  • Ps 52:3 : 3 You love evil more than good; and lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah.

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

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

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

  • Prov 24:8
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    8 He who devises to do evil shall be called a schemer.

  • Mic 2:1
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    1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand.

  • Prov 6:14-15
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    14 Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.

    15 Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.

  • Prov 16:30
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    30 He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things; moving his lips, he brings evil to pass.

  • Ps 10:7-8
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    7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

    8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes are secretly set against the poor.

  • Ps 10:3-4
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    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.

  • Prov 4:16
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    16 For they do not sleep unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

  • Nah 1:11
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    11 There is one come out from you, who imagines evil against the LORD, a wicked counselor.

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

    15 He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2 For their hearts plot destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2 Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18 A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • Ps 5:4
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    4 For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; nor shall evil dwell with you.

  • Ps 140:2
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    2 Who devise mischiefs in their hearts; continually they gather together for war.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Prov 2:14
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    14 Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perversity of the wicked;

  • Mic 7:3
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    3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

  • Prov 16:27
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    27 An ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is like a burning fire.

  • Ps 52:2-3
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    2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

    3 You love evil more than good; and lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah.

  • Isa 32:7
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    7 The schemes of the miser are evil: he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks what is right.

  • Ps 64:5
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    5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who shall see them?

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    11 For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous scheme, which they are not able to perform.

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    26 Though his hatred is concealed by deceit, his wickedness shall be exposed before the assembly.

  • Prov 21:10
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    10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

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    12 The wicked plot against the just and gnash at him with their teeth.

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

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

  • Ps 94:20
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    20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law?

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

  • Prov 14:22
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    22 Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth will be to those who devise good.

  • Lam 3:36
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    36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.

  • Prov 1:16
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    16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20 For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against those who are quiet in the land.

  • Prov 16:4
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    4 The LORD has made all things for Himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of disaster.

  • 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 24:21
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    21 He does evil to the barren who does not bear, and shows no kindness to the widow.

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    11 An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

  • Prov 3:29
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    29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

  • Isa 59:7
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    7 Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their paths.