Psalms 50:16

¶ But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or [that] thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

But unto the wicked {H7563} God {H430} saith {H559}{H8804)}, What hast thou to do to declare {H5608}{H8763)} my statutes {H2706}, or that thou shouldest take {H5375}{H8799)} my covenant {H1285} in thy mouth {H6310}?

But to the wicked God says: "What right do you have to proclaim my laws or take my covenant on your lips,

To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth,

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 78:36 (5 votes)

    Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

  • Psalms 78:38 (5 votes)

    But he, [being] full of compassion, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

  • Isaiah 29:13 (5 votes)

    Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

  • Romans 2:17 (4 votes)

    ¶ Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

  • Romans 2:24 (4 votes)

    For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

  • Isaiah 55:6 (4 votes)

    ¶ Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

  • Isaiah 55:7 (4 votes)

    Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.