And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will turn back to the house of David;
Psalm 53:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none that does good. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: There is none that doeth good. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt and evil are they, and doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good. American Standard Version (1901) The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good. Common English Bible Fools say in their hearts, There’s no God. They are corrupt and do horrible deeds; not one of them does anything good. Catholic Public Domain Version Unto the end. In verses, the understanding of David, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Unto the end, In verses, understanding for David. |
And Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will turn back to the house of David;
and there were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nation which the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!
He thinks in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”
Why does the wicked renounce God, and say in his heart, “Thou wilt not call to account”?
In the pride of his countenance the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
He thinks in his heart, “I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
O Lord, my God, I call for help by day; I cry out in the night before thee.
Yet you were not content to walk in their ways, or do according to their abominations; within a very little time you were more corrupt than they in all your ways.
Samaria has not committed half your sins; you have committed more abominations than they, and have made your sisters appear righteous by all the abominations which you have committed.
But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be liable to the hell of fire.
But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking and their senseless minds were darkened.
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct.
You shall not do so to the Lord your God; for every abominable thing which the Lord hates they have done for their gods; for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.
Let the time that is past suffice for doing what the Gentiles like to do, living in licentiousness, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless idolatry.