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Psalms 58:2

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַף־'af-alsoH637 →
בְּלֵב֮be.Levin [the] heartH3820 →
עוֹלֹ֪תo.Lotinjustice<s>H5766 →
תִּפְעָ֫ל֥וּןtif.'A.Lunyou do !H6466 →
בָּאָ֡רֶץba.'A.retzin the landH776 →
חֲמַ֥סcha.Mas[the] violence ofH2555 →
יְ֝דֵיכֶ֗םye.dei.Khemhands yourH3027 →
תְּפַלֵּֽסֽוּן׃te.fa.Le.Sunyou weigh out !H6424 →

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Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,Psalms 94:20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?Micah 3:1–3Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?Ezekiel 22:27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.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.Isaiah 26:7The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.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.Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.John 11:47–53Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.Micah 3:9–12Now 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,Isaiah 59:4–6No 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.Jeremiah 22:16–17He 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.Malachi 3:15So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”Daniel 11:27And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.Acts 21:35When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.Isaiah 59:6Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.

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