Psalm 36:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity shall not be found out and be hated.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyes that his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

American Standard Version (1901)

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

Common English Bible

because in their own eyes they are slick with talk about their guilt ever being found out and despised.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For they will quickly wither away like dry grass, and in like manner to kitchen herbs, they will soon droop.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall.

Psalm 36:2 Cross References

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth the LORD.

Psalm 49:18

Though while he lived he blessed his soul, And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is desperately sick: who can know it?

Jeremiah 2:23

How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

Jeremiah 36:24

And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

Luke 10:29

But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

Romans 10:3

For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

Romans 3:9

What then? are we in worse case than they? No, in no wise: for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;

Romans 7:9

And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;

Deuteronomy 29:19

and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of mine heart, to destroy the moist with the dry: