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

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Bible References

Deviseth

My friends and my neighbors will stand from before my stroke, and my kindred stood from far off.

And Saul will send messengers to the house of David to watch him, and to kill him in the morning: and Michel his wife will announce to David, saying, If thou save not thy soul this night, to-morrow thou diest

And Zeresh his wife will say to him, and all his friends, Make ye a tree high fifty cubits, and in the morning say thou to the king, and they shall hang Mordecai upon it: and go thou in with the king to the drinking, being glad. And the word will be good before Haman; and he will make the tree.

And the king will say, Who is in the enclosure? And Haman came to the enclosure of the king's house the exterior, to say to the king to hang Mordecai upon the tree which he prepared for him.

For they slept not, if they shall not do evil; and their sleep was taken away, if they shall not cause to falter.

For they drew near their heart as a furnace in their lying in wait: all the night their baker slept; in the morning it burnt as the fire of flame.

Wo to them purposing vanity, and working evil upon their beds! In the light of the morning they will do it because it is to the strength of their hand.

And having been morning, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to kill him:

And it being day, certain of the Jews having made a condition, anathematized themselves, saying, neither to eat or drink till they kill Paul.

Setteth

Also these to the wise. To look upon the face in judgment is not good.

I spread forth my hands all the day to a perverse people, going the way not good, after their purposes.

Thus said Jehovah, Stand ye upon the ways, and see, and ask for the beaten paths of old, where this the good way, and go ye in it, and find rest to your soul. And they will say, We will not go.

I hearkened and I will hear, they shall not speak thus: no man lamented for his evil, saying, What did I? Every one turned back in his race as the horse rushing into battle.

Who will give me in the desert a lodging-place of travelers? and I will leave my people and go from them, for they all commit adultery; an assembly of those acting faithlessly.

He announced to thee, O man, what was good; and what did Jehovah require of thee but to do judgment and to love mercy, and being humbled, to go with thy God?

Abhorreth

Hate evil, ye loving Jehovah: he watched the souls of his godly ones; he will deliver them from the hand of the unjust

How much more abominable and corrupt is man drinking iniquity as water!

Hate evil and love good, and set ye judgment in the gate: perhaps Jehovah God of armies will compassionate the remnant of Joseph.

Who knowing the justice of God, that they doing such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also approve those doing.

Love unfeigned. Hating evil; fastened to good.

I know thy works, and thy fatigue, and thy patience, and that thou canst not bear the wicked: and thou bast tried them saying they are sent, and are not, and thou Last found them liars:

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His trouble shall turn back upon his head, and his violence shall come down upon his crown.

For they slept not, if they shall not do evil; and their sleep was taken away, if they shall not cause to falter.

For their heart will meditate destruction, and their lips will speak labor.

And he will say to say to me, Son of man, these the men purposing vanity and counseling evil counsel in this city