New King James Version
Psalms 36:3
3The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to 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.
- 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 Living Translation (NLT)Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do good.
Context of Psalms 36:3
1An oracle within my heart concerning the transgression of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes. 2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates. The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good. 4He devises wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not abhor evil. 5Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
Read all of Psalms 36Psalms 36:3 word by word
דִּבְרֵי־פִ֭יו אָ֣וֶן וּמִרְמָ֑ה חָדַ֖ל לְהַשְׂכִּ֣יל לְהֵיטִֽיב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 36:3
- Psalms 5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open tomb; They flatter with their tongue.
- Psalms 12:2They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
- Psalms 55:21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, But war was in his heart; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords.
- Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
- Psalms 140:3They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; The poison of asps is under their lips. Selah
- 1 Samuel 18:21So Saul said, “I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time, “You shall be my son-in-law today.”
- 1 Samuel 19:6So Saul heeded the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, “As the Lord lives, he shall not be killed.”
- 1 Samuel 26:21Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David. For I will harm you no more, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Indeed I have played the fool and erred exceedingly.”
- Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in His talk.
- Matthew 22:35Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying,
- Psalms 125:5As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, The Lord shall lead them away With the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!
- 1 Samuel 11:6Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard this news, and his anger was greatly aroused.
- 1 Samuel 13:13And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you. For now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
- 1 Samuel 15:26But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 16:14But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the Lord troubled him.
- Zephaniah 1:6Those who have turned back from following the Lord, And have not sought the Lord, nor inquired 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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