Psalms 12:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.”
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BSBPD
“The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 12:8 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 9:18but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—
- 1 Samuel 18:17Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
- Esther 3:6And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
- Job 30:8A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.
- Psalms 55:10Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
- Proverbs 29:12If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
- Isaiah 32:4The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
- Daniel 11:21In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue.
- Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
- Micah 6:16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
- Mark 14:63At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “Why do we need any more witnesses?
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