Psalm 36:3

How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love

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For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyes
Thinking that his sinfulness will not be discovered and hated [by God].
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The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
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He plans wrongdoing on his bed;
He sets himself on a path that is not good;
He does not reject or despise evil.

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What is Good

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is full of curses and deceit (fraud) and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness [injustice and sin].

Psalm 55:21

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
But his heart was hostile;
His words were softer than oil,
Yet they were drawn swords.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are stupid and foolish,” [says the Lord to Jeremiah];
“They do not know Me;
They are foolish children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd [enough] to do evil,
But they do not know [how] to do good.”

1 Samuel 11:6-13

The Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily when he heard these words, and he became extremely angry.

1 Samuel 13:13-14

Samuel said to Saul, “You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for [if you had obeyed] the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

1 Samuel 15:26

But 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 16:14

Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented and terrified him.

1 Samuel 18:21

Saul said, “I will give her to him so that she may become a snare (bad influence, source of trouble) to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David for a second time, “You shall be my son-in-law today.”

1 Samuel 19:6-7

Saul listened to Jonathan and swore [an oath], “As the Lord lives, he shall not be put to death.”

1 Samuel 26:21

Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will not harm you again because my life was precious in your sight this day. Hear me, I have played the fool and have done a very great wrong [to you].”

Psalm 5:9

For there is nothing trustworthy or reliable or truthful in what they say;
Their heart is destruction [just a treacherous chasm, a yawning gulf of lies].
Their throat is an open grave;
They [glibly] flatter with their [silken] tongue.

Psalm 12:2-3

They speak deceitful and worthless words to one another;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psalm 58:3

The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].

Psalm 94:8

Consider thoughtfully, you senseless (stupid ones) among the people;
And you [dull-minded] fools, when will you become wise and understand?

Psalm 125:5

But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways [in unresponsiveness to God],
The Lord will lead them away with those who do evil.
Peace be upon Israel.

Psalm 140:3

They sharpen their tongues like a serpent’s;
Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah.

Zephaniah 1:6

And those who have turned back from following the Lord,
And those who have not sought the Lord [as their most important need] or inquired of Him.”

Matthew 22:15-18

Then the Pharisees went and conspired together plotting how to trap Him by [distorting] what He said.

Matthew 22:35

One of them, a lawyer [an expert in Mosaic Law], asked Jesus a question, to test Him:

Hebrews 10:39

But our way is not that of those who shrink back to destruction, but [we are] of those who believe [relying on God through faith in Jesus Christ, the Messiah] and by this confident faith preserve the soul.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us [seeming at first to be Christians], but they were not really of us [because they were not truly born again and spiritually transformed]; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out [teaching false doctrine], so that it would be clearly shown that none of them are of us.