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Psalms 50:18
18When you see a thief, you are pleased with him and condone his behavior, And you associate with adulterers.
Psalms 50:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
- New International Version (NIV)When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers.
- English Standard Version (ESV)If you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you keep company with adulterers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When you saw a thief, you consented with him, And have been a partaker with adulterers.
Context of Psalms 50:18
16But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite My statutes Or to take My covenant on your lips? 17For you hate instruction and discipline And cast My words behind you [discarding them]. When you see a thief, you are pleased with him and condone his behavior, And you associate with adulterers. 19You give your mouth to evil And your tongue frames deceit. 20You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother’s son.
Read all of Psalms 50Psalms 50:18 word by word
אִם־רָאִ֣יתָ גַ֭נָּב וַתִּ֣רֶץ עִמּ֑וֹ וְעִ֖ם מְנָאֲפִ֣ים חֶלְקֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 50:18
- Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.
- Isaiah 5:23Who justify the wicked and acquit the guilty for a bribe, And take away the rights of those who are in the right!
- Micah 7:3Concerning evil, both of their hands pursue it and do it diligently and thoroughly; The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe, And a great man speaks the [evil] desire of his soul. So they twist the course of justice between them.
- Romans 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree and His judgment, that those who do such things deserve death, yet they not only do them, but they even [enthusiastically] approve and tolerate others who practice them.
- Ephesians 5:11Do not participate in the worthless and unproductive deeds of darkness, but instead expose them [by exemplifying personal integrity, moral courage, and godly character];
- Leviticus 7:19‘The meat that comes in contact with anything that is unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned in the fire. As for other meat, everyone who is [ceremonially] clean may eat it.
- Jeremiah 5:8They were like well-fed, lusty stallions, Each one neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
- Hebrews 13:4Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
- Matthew 23:30and you say, ‘If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have joined them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
- 1 Timothy 5:22Do not hurry to lay hands on anyone [ordaining and approving someone for ministry or an office in the church, or in reinstating expelled offenders], and thereby share in the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin.
Commentaries on Psalms 50:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18When thou sawest a thief - Rapine, adulteries, and adulterous divines, were common among the Jews in our Lord's time. The Gospels give full proof of this.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18When thou sawest a thief - When you have seen or found one who was intending to commit theft, then (instead of rebuking or exposing him) you have been willing to act with him, and to divide the profits. The words “when thou sawest” would seem to imply readiness and willingness to engage with them, as “at first sight.” Whenever there was an opportunity to share in the results of theft, they were ready to engage in it. The main “point” in this is, that they…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-23Verses 16-23 Hypocrisy is wickedness, which God will judge. And it is too common, for those who declare the Lord's statutes to others, to live in disobedience to them themselves. This delusion arises from the abuse of God's long-suffering, and a wilful mistake of his character and the intention of his gospel. The sins of sinners will be fully proved on them in the judgment of the great day. The day is coming when God will set their sins in order, sins of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-21This message is against the wicked, who only pretend to listen to God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2016-20. the wicked--that is, the formalists, as now exposed, and who lead vicious lives (compare Ro 2:21, 23). They are unworthy to use even the words of God's law. Their hypocrisy and vice are exposed by illustrations from sins against the seventh, eighth, and ninth commandments.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 50
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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