Psalm 50:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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?

More versions

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 secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; And he will shew them his covenant.

Proverbs 26:7

The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Isaiah 29:13

And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me, and with their mouth and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught them:

Isaiah 48:22

There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

Ezekiel 18:27

Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

John 4:24

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

1 Corinthians 9:27

but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

Hebrews 8:9

Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they continued not in my covenant, And I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

2 Peter 2:15

forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;