Psalm 62:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Consult

Acts 4:16

Delight

Bless

Psalm 28:3

Psalm 55:21

Luke 20:20

Inwardly

General references

Acts 24:9

Bible References

Consult

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate vain {things (LXX/NT)}?

And Herod the king having heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Then the Pharisees having departed, they took counsel how they might trap him in his talk.

Then the chief priests, and the scholars, and the elders of the people, assembled together to the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

But having become morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people held consultation against Jesus in order to condemn him to death.

Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What are we doing? Because this man does many signs.

saying, What will we do to these men? For that indeed a notable sign has happened by them, is apparent to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

Delight

Thou love evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

I hate and abhor falsehood. I love thy law.

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame.

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the rulers with their lies.

Ye are from the father, the devil, and ye want to do the desires of your father. He was a man-killer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his

Who, knowing the righteousness of God, that those who commit such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also favor those who do.

Outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every man who loves and makes a lie.

Bless

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

And having watched him, they sent forth insidious men pretending themselves to be righteous, so that they might take hold of his word, in order to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

Inwardly

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their inward part is very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongue they {deceive (LXX/NT)}.

Behold, thou desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part thou will make me to know wisdom.

And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your interior is full of plundering and wickedness.

For I delight in the law of God according to the inner man,

General references

And the Jews also agreed, claiming to have these things this way.