Psalm 50:16

God As Judge

¹⁵ Call on Me in a day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.” ¹⁶ But God says to the wicked:
“What right do you have to recite My statutes
and to take My covenant on your lips?
¹⁷ You hate instruction
and turn your back on My words.

Lawless One

My Covenant

Psalm 25:14

The secret counsel of the Lord
is for those who fear Him,
and He reveals His covenant to them.

Psalm 78:36-38

But they deceived Him with their mouths,
they lied to Him with their tongues,

Proverbs 26:7

A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like lame legs that hang limp.

Isaiah 1:11-15

“What are all your sacrifices to Me?”
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord said:

Because these people approach Me with their mouths
to honor Me with lip-service—
yet their hearts are far from Me,
and their worship consists of man-made rules
learned by rote—

Isaiah 48:1-2

“Listen to this, house of Jacob—
those who are called by the name Israel
and have descended from Judah,
who swear by the name of Yahweh
and declare the God of Israel,
but not in truth or righteousness.

Isaiah 48:22

“There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
call to Him while He is near.

Isaiah 58:1-7

“Cry out loudly, don’t hold back!
Raise your voice like a trumpet.
Tell My people their transgression
and the house of Jacob their sins.

Jeremiah 7:4-7

Do not trust deceitful words, chanting: This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.

Ezekiel 18:27

But if a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.

Ezekiel 20:37-38

“I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

Matthew 7:3-5

Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but don’t notice the log in your own eye?

Matthew 7:22-23

On that day many will say to Me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in Your name, drive out demons in Your name, and do many miracles in Your name?’

John 4:24

God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Acts 19:13-16

Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I command you by the Jesus that Paul preaches!”

Romans 2:17-24

Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rest in the law, boast in God,

1 Corinthians 9:27

Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

Hebrews 8:9

not like the covenant
that I made with their ancestors
on the day I took them by their hands
to lead them out of the land of Egypt.
I disregarded them, says the Lord,
because they did not continue in My covenant.

2 Peter 2:15

They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path and have followed the path of Balaam, the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness