Psalm 4:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² Till when, O you sons of men, Would you turn my esteem to shame, Would you love emptiness, seek falsehood? Selah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? How long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² O you sons of men, how long will you turn my honor and glory into shame? How long will you love vanity and futility and seek after lies? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

American Standard Version (1901)

² O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? How long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? [Selah

Common English Bible

² How long, you people, will my reputation be insulted? How long will you continue to love what is worthless and go after lies? Selah

Catholic Public Domain Version

² When I called upon him, the God of my justice heeded me. In tribulation, you have enlarged me. Have mercy on me, and heed my prayer.

Psalm 4:2 Cross References

Psalm 106:20

Thus they changed My esteem Into the form of an ox that eats grass.

Psalm 14:6

You would put to shame the counsel of the poor, But יהוה  is his refuge.

Psalm 2:1

Why do the gentiles rage, And the peoples meditate emptiness?

Psalm 3:3

But You, O יהוה, are a shield for me, My esteem, and the One lifting up my head.

Psalm 31:6

I have hated those who observe lying vanities; But I trust in יהוה.

Psalm 5:6

You destroy those speaking falsehood; יהוה  loathes a man of blood and deceit.

Psalm 50:15

“And call upon Me in the day of distress – Let Me rescue you, and you esteem Me.”

Psalm 57:4

My being is in the midst of lions; I lie among those who breathe fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue is a sharp sword.

Psalm 58:1

Would you indeed speak righteousness, in silence? Do you judge straightly, you sons of men?

Psalm 58:3

The wrong have been estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth.

Psalm 63:11

But let the sovereign rejoice in Elohim; Let everyone who swears by Him exult; For the mouth of those speaking lies are stopped.

Psalm 72:2

Let Him rule Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with right-ruling.

Exodus 10:3

And Mosheh and Aharon came in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus said יהוה  Elohim of the Heḇ

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, you simple ones, Would you love simplicity, And shall scoffers delight in their scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is filled in them to do evil.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: there is one event to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are filled with evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and then – to the dead!

Isaiah 20:5

“And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Kush, their expectation, and of Mitsrayim, their boast.

Isaiah 45:17

Yisra’ĕ

Isaiah 59:4

No one calls for righteousness, and no one pleads for truth. They trust in emptiness and speak worthlessness; they conceive trouble and bring forth wickedness.

Jeremiah 2:11

“Has a nation changed its mighty ones, which are not mighty ones? But My people have changed My esteem for that which does not profit.

Jeremiah 2:5

Thus said יהוה, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in Me, that they have gone far from Me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?

Jeremiah 9:3

“And they bend their tongue like a bow. Falsehood, and not truth, prevails on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they have not known Me,” declares יהוה.

Hosea 4:7

“As they were increased, so they sinned against Me. My esteem they have changed into shame.

Jonah 2:8

“Those observing false worthlessnesses forsake their own kindness.

Numbers 14:11

And יהוה  said to Mosheh, “How long shall I be scorned by these people? And how long shall I not be trusted by them, with all the signs which I have done in their midst?

Acts 24:9

And the Yehuḏ

1 Corinthians 1:31

that, as it has been written, “He who boasts, let him boast in יהוה.”

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, having put off the false, speak truth, each one with his neighbour, for we are members of one another.

1 Samuel 12:21

and do not turn aside after worthless matters which do not profit or deliver, for they are worthless.