Psalm 36:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ He plots wickedness on his bed; He sets himself in a way that is not good; He does not despise evil.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ He deviseth mischief upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ He plans wrongdoing on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject or despise evil.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

Common English Bible

⁴ They plot evil even while resting in bed! They commit themselves to a path that is no good. They don’t reject what is evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.

Psalm 36:4 Cross References

Esther 5:14

So his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a stake be made, fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the sovereign that Mordeḵ

Esther 6:4

And the sovereign said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had come into the outer court of the sovereign’s palace to speak to the sovereign to impale Mordeḵ

Job 15:16

how much less one who is loathsome and corrupt, drinking unrighteousness like water!

Psalm 38:12

And those seeking my life lay a snare; And those seeking my evil have spoken of destruction, And utter deceit all day long.

Psalm 52:3

You loved evil more than good, Lying more than speaking righteousness. Selah.

Psalm 97:10

You who love יהוה, hate evil! He guards the lives of His kind ones, He delivers them out of the hand of the wrong.

Proverbs 24:2

For their heart plots to ravage, And their lips talk of trouble.

Proverbs 24:23

These also are for the wise: It is not good to show partiality in right-ruling.

Proverbs 4:16

For they do not sleep unless they have done evil. And their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.

Isaiah 65:2

“I have held out My hands all day long to a stubborn people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are foolish, they have not known Me. They are stupid children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus said יהוה, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and find rest for yourselves. But they said, ‘We do not walk in it.’

Jeremiah 8:6

“I have listened and heard – they do not speak right. No man has repented of his evil, saying, ‘What have I done?’ They all turned to their own course, like a horse rushing into battle.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good, and set up right-ruling in the gate. It might be that יהוה  Elohim of hosts shows favour to the remnant of Yosĕ

Micah 2:1

Woe to those plotting wickedness, and working out evil upon their beds! In the light of the morning they practise it, because it is in the might of their hand.

Micah 6:8

He has declared to you, O man, what is good. And what does יהוה  require of you but to do right, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your Elohim?

Matthew 27:1

And morning having come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against יהושע, so as to put Him to death.

Acts 23:12

And when it became day, some of the Yehuḏ

Romans 1:32

who, though they know the righteousness of Elohim, that those who practise such deserve death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practise them.

Romans 12:9

Let love be without hypocrisy. Shrink from what is wicked, cling to what is good.

Revelation 2:2

“I know your works, and your labour, and your endurance, and that you are not able to bear evil ones, and have tried those who say they are emissaries and are not, and have found them false;

1 Samuel 19:11

And Sha’ul sent messengers to Dawiḏ