Psalm 78:37 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not true to his covenant.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For their hearts were not right or sincere with Him, neither were they faithful and steadfast to His covenant. [Acts 8:21.]

American Standard Version (1901)

For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.

Common English Bible

Their hearts weren’t firmly set on him; they weren’t faithful to his covenant.

Psalm 78:37 Cross References

1 Kings 19:10

He answered, “I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts, for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away.”

Psalm 119:80

May my heart be blameless in your statutes, so that I may not be put to shame.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.

Psalm 78:8

and that they should not be like their ancestors, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Jeremiah 31:32

It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:30

How sick is your heart, says the Lord God, that you did all these things, the deeds of a brazen prostitute,

Hosea 10:2

Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars and destroy their pillars.

Hosea 7:14

They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; they gash themselves for grain and wine; they rebel against me.

Hosea 7:16

They turn to that which does not profit; they have become like a defective bow; their officials shall fall by the sword because of the rage of their tongue. So much for their babbling in the land of Egypt.

Acts 8:21

You have no part or share in this, for your heart is not right before God.

Deuteronomy 31:20

For when I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I promised on oath to their ancestors, and they have eaten their fill and grown fat, they will turn to other gods and serve them, despising me and breaking my covenant.