Psalm 53:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

{To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

Fool

Psalm 92:6

Matthew 5:22

Luke 12:20

Said

Psalm 10:4

1 Kings 12:26

Romans 1:21

Have done

There is

Romans 3:10

General references

Jeremiah 17:9

Bible References

Fool

The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.

But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says 'Fool' will be sent to fiery hell.

But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'

Said

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

Jeroboam then thought to himself: "Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom.

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.

Have done

"'Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things.

You must not worship the Lord your God the way they do! For everything that is abhorrent to him, everything he hates, they have done when worshiping their gods. They even burn up their sons and daughters before their gods!

There were also male cultic prostitutes in the land. They committed the same horrible sins as the nations that the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.

Have you not copied their behavior and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were!

For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention.

For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.

There is

just as it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one,

General references

The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?