Psalm 58:2

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Summary

Psalm 58:2

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

In heart

John 11:47

Weigh

Psalm 94:20

Isaiah 10:1

Isaiah 26:7

General references

Bible References

In heart

For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.

He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.

And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right?

Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.

Weigh

What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?

Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:

The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.

General references

If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.