Psalm 14:1

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Summary

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

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They are

Abominable

Bible References

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The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks, "God won't hold me accountable; he doesn't care."

But you have said, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.

that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

They are

For the music director; written by the Lord's servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,

They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast.

But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.

The sinful nation is as good as dead, the people weighed down by evil deeds. They are offspring who do wrong, children who do wicked things. They have abandoned the Lord, and rejected the Holy One of Israel. They are alienated from him.

Abominable

how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.

They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death."