Verse 4

He deviseth{H2803}{(H8799)} mischief{H205} upon his bed{H4904}; he setteth{H3320}{H8691)} himself in a way{H1870} that is not good{H2896}; he abhorreth{H3988}{H8799)} not evil{H7451}.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 65:2 : 2 I have spread out{H6566}{(H8765)} my hands{H3027} all the day{H3117} unto a rebellious{H5637}{(H8802)} people{H5971}, which walketh{H1980}{(H8802)} in a way{H1870} that was not good{H2896}, after{H310} their own thoughts{H4284};
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe{H1945} to them that devise{H2803}{(H8802)} iniquity{H205}, and work{H6466}{(H8802)} evil{H7451} upon their beds{H4904}! when the morning{H1242} is light{H216}, they practise{H6213}{(H8799)} it, because it is{H3426} in the power{H410} of their hand{H3027}.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they sleep{H3462}{(H8799)} not, except they have done mischief{H7489}{(H8686)}; and their sleep{H8142} is taken away{H1497}{(H8738)}, unless they cause some to fall{H3782}{(H8686)}{(H8675)}{H3782}{(H8799)}.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Let love{G26}{(G5753)} be without dissimulation{G505}. Abhor{G655}{(G5723)} that which is evil{G4190}; cleave{G2853}{(G5746)} to that which is good{G18}.
  • Ps 97:10 : 10 Ye that love{H157}{(H8802)} the LORD{H3068}, hate{H8130}{(H8798)} evil{H7451}: he preserveth{H8104}{(H8802)} the souls{H5315} of his saints{H2623}; he delivereth{H5337}{(H8686)} them out of the hand{H3027} of the wicked{H7563}.
  • Rev 2:2 : 2 I know{G1492}{(G5758)} thy{G4675} works{G2041}, and{G2532} thy{G4675} labour{G2873}, and{G2532} thy{G4675} patience{G5281}, and{G2532} how{G3754} thou canst{G1410}{(G5736)} not{G3756} bear{G941}{(G5658)} them which are evil{G2556}: and{G2532} thou hast tried{G3985}{(G5668)} them which say{G5335}{(G5723)} they are{G1511}{(G5750)} apostles{G652}, and{G2532} are{G1526}{(G5748)} not{G3756}, and{G2532} hast found{G2147}{(G5627)} them{G846} liars{G5571}:
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These things also belong to the wise{H2450}. It is not good{H2896} to have respect{H5234}{(H8687)} of persons{H6440} in judgment{H4941}.
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath shewed{H5046}{(H8689)} thee, O man{H120}, what is good{H2896}; and what doth the LORD{H3068} require{H1875}{(H8802)} of thee, but to do{H6213}{(H8800)} justly{H4941}, and to love{H160} mercy{H2617}, and to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} humbly{H6800}{(H8687)} with thy God{H430}?
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 When{G1161} the morning{G4405} was come{G1096}{(G5637)}, all{G3956} the chief priests{G749} and{G2532} elders{G4245} of the people{G2992} took{G2983}{(G5627)} counsel{G4824} against{G2596} Jesus{G2424} to{G5620} put{G2289} him{G846} to death{G2289}{(G5658)}:
  • Acts 23:12 : 12 And{G1161} when it was{G1096}{(G5637)} day{G2250}, certain{G5100} of the Jews{G2453} banded together{G4160}{(G5660)}{G4963}, and bound{G332} themselves{G1438} under a curse{G332}{(G5656)}, saying{G3004}{(G5723)} that they would{G5315} neither{G3383} eat{G5315}{(G5629)} nor{G3383} drink{G4095}{(G5629)} till{G2193}{G3739} they had killed{G615}{(G5725)} Paul{G3972}.
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 Who{G3748} knowing{G1921}{(G5631)} the judgment{G1345} of God{G2316}, that{G3754} they which commit{G4238}{(G5723)} such things{G5108} are{G1526}{(G5748)} worthy{G514} of death{G2288}, not{G3756} only{G3440} do{G4160}{(G5719)} the same{G846}, but{G235}{G2532} have pleasure{G4909}{(G5719)} in them that do{G4238}{(G5723)} them.
  • Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Stand{H5975}{(H8798)} ye in the ways{H1870}, and see{H7200}{(H8799)}, and ask{H7592}{(H8798)} for the old{H5769} paths{H5410}, where is the good{H2896} way{H1870}, and walk{H3212}{(H8799)} therein, and ye shall find{H4672}{(H8798)} rest{H4771} for your souls{H5315}. But they said{H559}{(H8799)}, We will not walk{H3212}{(H8798)} therein.
  • Jer 8:6 : 6 I hearkened{H7181}{(H8689)} and heard{H8085}{(H8799)}, but they spake not aright{H1696}{(H8762)}: no man{H376} repented{H5162}{(H8737)} him of{H5921} his wickedness{H7451}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, What have I done{H6213}{(H8804)}? every one turned{H7725}{(H8804)} to his course{H4794}, as the horse{H5483} rusheth{H7857}{(H8802)} into the battle{H4421}.
  • Jer 9:2-9 : 2 Oh that{H5414}{(H8799)} I had in the wilderness{H4057} a lodging place{H4411} of wayfaring men{H732}{(H8802)}; that I might leave{H5800}{(H8799)} my people{H5971}, and go{H3212}{(H8799)} from them! for they be all adulterers{H5003}{(H8764)}, an assembly{H6116} of treacherous men{H898}{(H8802)}. 3 And they bend{H1869}{(H8686)} their tongues{H3956} like their bow{H7198} for lies{H8267}: but they are not valiant{H1396}{(H8804)} for the truth{H530} upon the earth{H776}; for they proceed{H3318}{(H8804)} from evil{H7451} to evil{H7451}, and they know{H3045}{(H8804)} not me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 4 Take ye heed{H8104}{(H8734)} every one{H376} of his neighbour{H7453}, and trust{H982}{(H8799)} ye not in any brother{H251}: for every brother{H251} will utterly{H6117}{(H8800)} supplant{H6117}{(H8799)}, and every neighbour{H7453} will walk{H1980}{(H8799)} with slanders{H7400}. 5 And they will deceive{H2048}{(H8762)} every one{H376} his neighbour{H7453}, and will not speak{H1696}{(H8762)} the truth{H571}: they have taught{H3925}{(H8765)} their tongue{H3956} to speak{H1696}{(H8763)} lies{H8267}, and weary{H3811}{(H8738)} themselves to commit iniquity{H5753}{(H8687)}. 6 Thine habitation{H3427}{(H8800)} is in the midst{H8432} of deceit{H4820}; through deceit{H4820} they refuse{H3985}{(H8765)} to know{H3045}{(H8800)} me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 7 Therefore thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, Behold, I will melt{H6884}{(H8802)} them, and try{H974}{(H8804)} them; for how shall I do{H6213}{(H8799)} for{H6440} the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971}? 8 Their tongue{H3956} is as an arrow{H2671} shot out{H7819}{(H8803)}; it speaketh{H1696}{(H8765)} deceit{H4820}: one speaketh{H1696}{(H8762)} peaceably{H7965} to his neighbour{H7453} with his mouth{H6310}, but in heart{H7130} he layeth{H7760}{(H8799)} his wait{H696}. 9 Shall I not visit{H6485}{(H8799)} them for these things? saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}: shall not my soul{H5315} be avenged{H5358}{(H8691)} on such a nation{H1471} as this?
  • Hos 7:6-7 : 6 For they have made ready{H7126}{(H8765)} their heart{H3820} like an oven{H8574}, whiles they lie in wait{H693}{(H8800)}: their baker{H644}{(H8802)} sleepeth{H3463} all the night{H3915}; in the morning{H1242} it burneth{H1197}{(H8802)} as a flaming{H3852} fire{H784}. 7 They are all hot{H2552}{(H8735)} as an oven{H8574}, and have devoured{H398}{(H8804)} their judges{H8199}{(H8802)}; all their kings{H4428} are fallen{H5307}{(H8804)}: there is none among them that calleth{H7121}{(H8802)} unto me.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate{H8130}{(H8798)} the evil{H7451}, and love{H157}{(H8798)} the good{H2896}, and establish{H3322}{(H8685)} judgment{H4941} in the gate{H8179}: it may be that the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of hosts{H6635} will be gracious{H2603}{(H8799)} unto the remnant{H7611} of Joseph{H3130}.
  • 1 Sam 19:11 : 11 Saul{H7586} also sent{H7971}{(H8799)} messengers{H4397} unto David's{H1732} house{H1004}, to watch{H8104}{(H8800)} him, and to slay{H4191}{(H8687)} him in the morning{H1242}: and Michal{H4324} David's{H1732} wife{H802} told{H5046}{(H8686)} him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, If thou save{H4422}{(H8764)} not thy life{H5315} to night{H3915}, to morrow{H4279} thou shalt be slain{H4191}{(H8716)}.
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} Zeresh{H2238} his wife{H802} and all his friends{H157}{(H8802)} unto him, Let a gallows{H6086} be made{H6213}{(H8799)} of fifty{H2572} cubits{H520} high{H1364}, and to morrow{H1242} speak{H559}{(H8798)} thou unto the king{H4428} that Mordecai{H4782} may be hanged{H8518}{(H8799)} thereon: then go{H935}{(H8798)} thou in merrily{H8056} with the king{H4428} unto the banquet{H4960}. And the thing{H1697} pleased{H3190}{(H8799)}{H6440} Haman{H2001}; and he caused{H6213} the gallows{H6086} to be made{H6213}{(H8799)}.
  • Esth 6:4 : 4 And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Who is in the court{H2691}? Now Haman{H2001} was come{H935}{(H8804)} into the outward{H2435} court{H2691} of the king's{H4428} house{H1004}, to speak{H559}{(H8800)} unto the king{H4428} to hang{H8518}{(H8800)} Mordecai{H4782} on the gallows{H6086} that he had prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} for him.
  • Job 15:16 : 16 How much more abominable{H8581}{(H8737)} and filthy{H444}{(H8737)} is man{H376}, which drinketh{H8354}{(H8802)} iniquity{H5766}{(H8675)}{H5766} like water{H4325}?
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 They also that seek{H1245}{(H8764)} after my life{H5315} lay snares{H5367}{H8762)} for me: and they that seek{H1875}{H8802)} my hurt{H7451} speak{H1696}{H8765)} mischievous things{H1942}, and imagine{H1897}{H8799)} deceits{H4820} all the day{H3117} long.
  • Ps 52:3 : 3 Thou lovest{H157}{H8804)} evil{H7451} more than good{H2896}; and lying{H8267} rather than to speak{H1696}{H8763)} righteousness{H6664}. Selah{H5542}.