Psalms 50:18

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“When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.”

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BSBPD

“When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers <FI>is<Fi> thy portion.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 50:18 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 20:10If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
  2. 2 Samuel 13:5Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
  3. Job 31:9If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
  4. Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
  5. Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
  6. Proverbs 7:19For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
  7. Isaiah 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
  8. Jeremiah 5:8They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
  9. Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
  10. Matthew 23:30And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
  11. Romans 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
  12. Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
  13. 1 Timothy 5:22Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
  14. Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

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