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Psalms 50:16

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

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ASV

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,

KJV

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?

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלָ֤רָשָׁ֨ע׀ve.La.ra.Sha'and to the wickedH7563 →
אָ֘מַ֤ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
אֱלֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimGodH430 →
מַה־mah-what?H4100 →
לְּ֭ךָLe.kha[is] to you
לְסַפֵּ֣רle.sa.Perto recountH5608 →
חֻקָּ֑יchu.Kaidecrees myH2706 →
וַתִּשָּׂ֖אva.ti.Sa'and you have takenH5375 →
בְרִיתִ֣יve.ri.Ticovenant myH1285 →
עֲלֵי־'a.lei-onH5921 →
פִֽיךָ׃Fi.khamouth yourH6310 →

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Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.Psalms 78:36–38But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.Psalms 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.Isaiah 55:6–7Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.Romans 2:17–24Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;Psalms 94:20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?Jeremiah 44:26Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’Isaiah 48:1–2“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—Hebrews 8:9It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.Psalms 119:43Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.John 4:24God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”Proverbs 26:7Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.2 Peter 2:15They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.Isaiah 1:11–15“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.Ezekiel 44:9This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.Luke 4:35But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!” At this, the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without harming him.Jeremiah 11:15What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom, so that you can rejoice?Acts 19:13–16Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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