23 Bible Verses about Godlessness
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To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good. Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God. The whole have turned aside, Together they have been filthy: There is not a doer of good, not even one.
To the Overseer. -- 'On a disease.' -- An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, 'There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good. God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, To see if there be an understanding one, One seeking God. Every one went back, together they became filthy, There is none doing good -- not even one.
Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty. And none said, 'Where is God my maker? Giving songs in the night,
The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' are all his devices. Pain do his ways at all times, On high are Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries -- he puffeth at them. He hath said in his heart, 'I am not moved,' To generation and generation not in evil.read more.
Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity, He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly, He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net. He is bruised -- he boweth down, Fallen by his mighty ones hath the afflicted. He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'
To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David. The transgression of the wicked Is affirming within my heart, 'Fear of God is not before his eyes, For he made it smooth to himself in his eyes, To find his iniquity to be hated. The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.read more.
Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'
With the mouth a hypocrite corrupteth his friend, And by knowledge the righteous are drawn out.
Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion, Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, 'Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.
For both prophet and priest have been profane, Yea, in My house I found their wickedness, An affirmation of Jehovah. Therefore is their way to them as slippery places, Into thick darkness they are driven, And they have fallen in it, For I bring in against them evil, The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.
'Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water? While it is in its budding -- uncropped, Even before any herb it withereth. So are the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish,read more.
Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust. He leaneth on his house -- and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it -- and it abideth not. Green he is before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out. By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for. If one doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee! Lo, this is the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.'
And He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, It is the same. From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;
The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God. For not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age. Rise, O Jehovah, let not man be strong, Let nations be judged before Thy face.read more.
Appoint, O Jehovah, a director to them, Let nations know they are men! Selah.
for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness.
Lo, He doth slay me -- I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue. Also -- He is to me for salvation, For the profane cometh not before Him.
For the company of the profane is gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.
This hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth? That the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,
For what is the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul? His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him? On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?
And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction, Then He declareth to them their work, And their transgressions, Because they have become mighty, And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.read more.
If they do hear and serve, They complete their days in good, And their years in pleasantness. And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge. And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.
And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth? Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee. If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers is thy portion.read more.
Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together, Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander. These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes. Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
Against a profane nation I send him, And concerning a people of My wrath I charge him, To spoil spoil, and to seize prey, And to make it a treading-place as the clay of out places.
Hear, ye far off, that which I have done, And know, ye near ones, My might. Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us -- consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us -- burnings of the age?
O Timotheus, the thing entrusted guard thou, avoiding the profane vain-words and opposition of the falsely-named knowledge, which certain professing -- concerning the faith did swerve; the grace is with you. Amen.
and so all Israel shall be saved, according as it hath been written, 'There shall come forth out of Sion he who is delivering, and he shall turn away impiety from Jacob, and this to them is the covenant from Me, when I may take away their sins.'
