Psalm 36:4

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Psalm 36:4

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Deviseth

Setteth

Abhorreth

General references

Bible References

Deviseth

Those who seek my life lay snares for me;
And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction,
And they devise treachery all day long.

Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death.”

Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Have a gallows fifty cubits high made and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go joyfully with the king to the banquet.” And the advice pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.

So the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s palace in order to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows which he had prepared for him.

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

For their hearts are like an oven
As they approach their plotting;
Their anger smolders all night,
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.

Woe to those who scheme iniquity,
Who work out evil on their beds!

When morning comes, they do it,

For it is in the power of their hands.

Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death;

When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Setteth

These also are sayings of the wise.
To

show partiality in judgment is not good.

“I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people,
Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,

Thus says the Lord,
“Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths,
Where the good way is, and walk in it;
And you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

“I have listened and heard,
They have spoken what is not right;

No man repented of his wickedness,

Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turned to his course,
Like a horse charging into the battle.

Oh that I had in the desert

A wayfarers’ lodging place;
That I might leave my people
And go from them!
For all of them are adulterers,
An assembly of treacherous men.

He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk

humbly with your God?

Abhorreth

Hate evil, you who love the Lord,

Who preserves the souls of His godly ones;
He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

How much less one who is detestable and corrupt,
Man, who drinks iniquity like water!

Hate evil, love good,

And establish justice in the gate!
Perhaps the Lord God of hosts

May be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

‘I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false;

General references

His mischief will return upon his own head,
And his violence will descend upon his own pate.

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

For their minds devise violence,
And their lips talk of trouble.

He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city,