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Psalms 36:3
3The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do good.
Context of Psalms 36:3
1I have a message from God in my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked: There is no fear of God before their eyes. 2In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin. The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good. 4Even on their beds they plot evil; they commit themselves to a sinful course and do not reject what is wrong. 5Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
Read all of Psalms 36Psalms 36:3 word by word
דִּבְרֵי־פִ֭יו אָ֣וֶן וּמִרְמָ֑ה חָדַ֖ל לְהַשְׂכִּ֣יל לְהֵיטִֽיב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 36:3
- Psalms 5:9Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with malice. Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they tell lies.
- Psalms 12:2Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.
- Psalms 55:21His talk is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.
- Psalms 58:3Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
- Psalms 140:3They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent’s; the poison of vipers is on their lips.
- 1 Samuel 18:21“I will give her to him,” he thought, “so that she may be a snare to him and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “Now you have a second opportunity to become my son-in-law.”
- 1 Samuel 19:6Saul listened to Jonathan and took this oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be put to death.”
- 1 Samuel 26:21Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. Because you considered my life precious today, I will not try to harm you again. Surely I have acted like a fool and have been terribly wrong.”
- Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.
- Matthew 22:35One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
- Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be on Israel.
- 1 Samuel 11:6When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he burned with anger.
- 1 Samuel 13:13“You have done a foolish thing,” Samuel said. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
- 1 Samuel 15:26But Samuel said to him, “I will not go back with you. You have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you as king over Israel!”
- 1 Samuel 16:14Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.
- Zephaniah 1:6those who turn back from following the Lord and neither seek the Lord nor inquire 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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