Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 36:3
3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
Psalms 36:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
- New International Version (NIV)The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
Context of Psalms 36:3
1An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes. 2For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin. The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing. 4Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil. 5Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
Read all of Psalms 36Psalms 36:3 word by word
דִּבְרֵי־פִ֭יו אָ֣וֶן וּמִרְמָ֑ה חָדַ֖ל לְהַשְׂכִּ֣יל לְהֵיטִֽיב׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 36:3
- Psalms 5:9For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
- Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
- 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.
- Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
- Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
- 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.”
- 1 Samuel 19:6Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”
- 1 Samuel 26:21Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
- Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
- Matthew 22:35One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
- Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
- 1 Samuel 11:6When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.
- 1 Samuel 13:13“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.
- 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.”
- 1 Samuel 16:14Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.
- Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
Commentaries on Psalms 36:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The words of his mouth are iniquity - In the principle; and deceit calculated to pervert others, and lead them astray. He hath left off to be wise, and to do good - His heart is become foolish, and his actions wicked. He has cut off the connection between himself and all righteousness.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit - Are false and wicked. See the notes at Psalm 12:2. It is words do not fairly represent or express what is in his heart. He hath left off to be wise - To act wisely; to do right. And to do good - To act benevolently and kindly. This would seem to imply that there had been a change in his conduct, or that he was not what he once professed to be, and appeared to be. This language would be applicable to the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Foolish people reject wisdom and goodness while they chase after evil.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-42-4. This reflection detailed. until his iniquity--literally, "for finding his iniquity for hating"; that is, he persuades himself God will not so find it--"for hating" involving the idea of punishing. Hence his words of iniquity and deceit, and his bold rejection of all right principles of conduct. The climax is that he deliberately adopts and patronizes evil. The negative forms affirm more emphatically their contraries.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 36
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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