Psalm 50:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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 known to them his covenant.

Proverbs 26:7

Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Isaiah 29:13

And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote;

Isaiah 48:22

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

Ezekiel 18:27

Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his life.

John 4:24

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

1 Corinthians 9:27

but I pommel my body and subdue it, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Hebrews 8:9

not like the covenant that I made with their fathers 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 paid no heed to them, says the Lord.

2 Peter 2:15

Forsaking the right way they have gone astray; they have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing,