Psalm 36:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) He plots mischief while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he spurns not evil. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He plans wrongdoing on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject or despise evil. American Standard Version (1901) He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil. Common English Bible They plot evil even while resting in bed! They commit themselves to a path that is no good. They don’t reject what is evil. Catholic Public Domain Version Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart. |
Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it; then go merrily with the king to the dinner.” This counsel pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.
And the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king's palace to speak to the king about having Mordecai hanged on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.
You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking the truth. Selah
The Lord loves those who hate evil; he preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made some one stumble.
I spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices;
“For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are stupid children, they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but how to do good they know not.”
Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
I have given heed and listened, but they have not spoken aright; no man repents of his wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Every one turns to his own course, like a horse plunging headlong into battle.
Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil upon their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.
He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death;
When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Though they know God's decree that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do them but approve those who practice them.
“ ‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear evil men but have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and found them to be false;
That night Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him, that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, told him, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”