Psalms 36:3

In 11 translations

BSB

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

KJV

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

WEB

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

ASV

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise and to do good.

LSV

The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit, || He ceased to act prudently—to do good.

YLT

The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently — to do good.

DBY

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

DRC35:4

The words of his mouth are iniquity and guile: he would not understand that he might do well.

GNV

The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good.

JPS36:4

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

LXXE35:4

The words of his mouth are transgression and deceit: he is not inclined to understand how to do good.

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Original-language editions

WLC36:4

דִּבְרֵי־פִ֭יו אָ֣וֶן וּמִרְמָ֑ה חָדַ֖ל לְהַשְׂכִּ֣יל לְהֵיטִֽיב׃KJV:Ps.36.3

LXX-Br35:4

Τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ ἀνομία καὶ δόλος, οὐκ ἠβουλήθη συνιέναι τοῦ ἀγαθῦναι.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
• Psalms 55:21His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
• 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
• Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
• Matthew 22:15–18Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words. They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in…
• Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
• Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
• 1 Samuel 15:26“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”
• Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
• Hebrews 10:39But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
• 1 Samuel 19:6–7Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.” So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul to…
• 1 Samuel 16:14After the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.
• 1 Samuel 18:21“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
• Psalms 12:2–3They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
• 1 Samuel 13:13–14“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. But now your kingdom will…
• Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”

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