Psalms 58:2

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“No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.”

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BSBPD

“No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 58:2 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
  2. Psalms 82:1God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
  3. Psalms 94:20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
  4. Ecclesiastes 3:16Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
  5. Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
  6. Isaiah 26:7The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
  7. Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
  8. Jeremiah 22:16He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
  9. Ezekiel 22:12In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
  10. Ezekiel 22:27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
  11. Micah 3:1Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
  12. Micah 3:9Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
  13. Malachi 3:15So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
  14. John 11:47Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.

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