Psalm 50:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Psalm 50:17

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

Hatest

Castest

Jeremiah 36:23

Bible References

Hatest

Respect for Jehovah (YHWH) is the beginning of knowledge (truth) (understanding) (wisdom). Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

You say: How I have hated instruction! My heart despised reproof.

But he who sins against me wrongs himself. All who hate me love death.

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge. He that hates reproof is stupid.

Every one who does evil hates the light. He does not come to the light because his works would be reproved.

They did not like to retain God in their knowledge, so God gave them over to a reprobate (depraved) mind, to do things that are not fitting.

You then who teach another, do you teach yourself? You who preach not to steal, do you steal?

He will use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved.

For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine. Having their ears tickled, they will accumulate teachers who follow after their own lusts.

Castest

But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority. They turned their backs on your law, and murdered your prophets. These prophets gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you. They did much to make you angry.

You let the guilty go free for a bribe and you keep the innocent from getting justice.

Wise people are put to shame, confused, and trapped. They have rejected the word of Jehovah. They do not really have any wisdom.

But they will answer, It is useless! We will live the way we want to. We will go our own stubborn, evil ways.

As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with a scribe's knife and throw them into the fire in the fireplace. He did this until the whole scroll was burned up.