Psalm 50:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But to the wicked God says, “What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But to the wicked, God says: What right have you to recite My statutes or take My covenant or pledge on your lips,

American Standard Version (1901)

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,

Common English Bible

But to the wicked God says, “Why do you talk about my laws? Why do you even mention my covenant?

Catholic Public Domain Version

Free me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will extol your justice.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall extol thy justice.

Psalm 50:16 Cross References

Psalm 25:14

The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes his covenant known to them.

Proverbs 26:7

The legs of a lame person hang limp; so does a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord said: Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me and their worship of me is a human commandment learned by rote,

Isaiah 48:22

“There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”

Ezekiel 18:27

Again, when the wicked turn away from the wickedness they have committed and do what is lawful and right, they shall save their life.

John 4:24

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

1 Corinthians 9:27

but I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.

Hebrews 8:9

not like the covenant that I made with their ancestors on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, for they did not continue in my covenant, and so I had no concern for them, says the Lord.

2 Peter 2:15

They have left the straight road and have gone astray, following the road of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of doing wrong