Psalm 14:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; they do abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, There is none that doeth good.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THE [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable deeds; there is none that does good or right. [Rom. 3:10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.

Common English Bible

¹ Fools say in their hearts, There is no God. They are corrupt and do evil things; not one of them does anything good.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ A Psalm of David. O Lord, who will dwell in your tabernacle? Or who will rest on your holy mountain?

Psalm 14:1 Cross References

Psalm 10:4

In the pride of their countenance the wicked say, “God will not seek it out”; all their thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Psalm 53:1

Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; they commit abominable acts; there is no one who does good.

Psalm 92:6

The dullard cannot know; the stupid cannot understand this:

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw that the wickedness of humans was great in the earth and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.

Ephesians 2:12

remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Proverbs 27:22

Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, but the folly will not be driven out.

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?

Job 22:13

Therefore you say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness?

Revelation 21:8

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, the murderers, the sexually immoral, the sorcerers, the idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God, but they deny him by their actions; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.

Isaiah 1:4

Woe, sinful nation, people laden with iniquity, offspring who do evil, children who act corruptly, who have forsaken the Lord, who have despised the Holy One of Israel, [[who are utterly estranged!]]

Psalm 107:17

Some were sick through their sinful ways and because of their iniquities endured affliction;

Job 15:16

how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, one who drinks iniquity like water!

1 Samuel 25:25

My lord, do not take seriously this ill-natured fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him, but I, your servant, did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.

Proverbs 13:19

A desire realized is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.

Psalm 73:3

For I was envious of the arrogant; I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

Surely there is no one on earth so righteous as to do good without ever sinning.

Jeremiah 5:12

They have spoken falsely of the Lord and have said, “He will do nothing. No evil will come upon us, and we shall not see sword or famine.”

Jeremiah 6:28

They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.