Psalms 36:4
36:3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. mischief: or, vanity
KJV
He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil.
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
He devises mischief on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he abhors not evil.
What does Psalms 36:4 mean?
Psalms 36:4 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חָשַׁב (châshab), אָוֶן (ʼâven), מִשְׁכָּב (mishkâb). It connects to 7 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
Job 31:4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
Psalms 7:9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Psalms 66:10For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Jeremiah 20:12But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
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Verses like this
Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 36:4.
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
1 Samuel 10:19And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
1 Samuel 15:23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. witchcraft: Heb. divination
Genesis 2:17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. thou shalt surely: Heb. dying thou shalt die
Genesis 2:9And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 24:50Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
Genesis 26:29That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. That: Heb. If thou shalt
Genesis 3:22And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Frequently asked questions
What does Psalms 36:4 say?
Psalms 36:4 (King James Version) reads: "He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. mischief: or, vanity"
Is Psalms 36:4 in the Old or New Testament?
Psalms 36:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.
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