Psalms 53:4 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 53:4

Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.

BSB

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ASV

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And call not upon God?

KJV

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge?.... In Psa 14:4, it is, "have all the workers", &c. There are none of them but what have, unless given up to judicial blindness, and hardness of heart, to believe a lie, as antichrist and his followers, 2Th 2:10; See Gill on Psa 14:4; who eat up my people, as they eat bread; and drink their blood, and are drunken with it, Rev 17:6; they have not called upon God; but upon their idols, upon the Virgin Mary, and saints departed. In Psa 14:4, it is, "upon the Lord".

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 3 (1872)

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? They have no wisdom, certainly, but even so common a thing as knowledge might have restrained them. Can they not see that there is a God? that sin is an evil thing? that persecution recoils upon a man's own head? Are they such utter fools as not to know that they are their own enemies, and are ruining themselves? Who eat up my people as they eat bread.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֲלֹ֥א	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
יָדְעוּ֮	ya.de.'U	do they know	H3045 →
פֹּ֤עֲלֵ֫י	po.'a.Lei	[those who] do	H6466 →
אָ֥וֶן	'A.ven	<of> wickedness	H205 →
אֹכְלֵ֣י	'o.khe.Lei	[those who] devour	H398 →
עַ֭מִּי	'A.mi	<of> people my	H5971 →
אָ֣כְלוּ	'A.khe.lu	they eat	H398 →
לֶ֑חֶם	Le.chem	bread	H3899 →
אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
קָרָֽאוּ׃	ka.Ra.'u	they call on	H7121 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 4:22
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 14:20
  Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
- Romans 16:19
  Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.
- Jeremiah 5:21
  “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
- Hosea 4:6
  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget…
- Romans 3:11
  There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
Through
Psalms 27:2
When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
leads to
- Psalms 14:4
  Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 118:12
  They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
Through
Psalms 94:8
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
leads to
- Psalms 92:6
  A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms