Psalm 62:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ They plotted to topple him from his high position; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, But in their heart they curse. Selah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: They delight in lies: They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ They only consult to cast him down from his height [to dishonor him]; they delight in lies. They bless with their mouths, but they curse inwardly. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. [Selah

Common English Bible

⁴ The only desire of this people is to bring others down low; they delight in deception. With their mouths they bless, but inside they are cursing. Selah

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ For your mercy is better than life itself. It is you my lips will praise.

Psalm 62:4 Cross References

Psalm 119:163

I have hated falsehood and loathe it, Your Torah I have loved.

Psalm 28:3

Do not draw me away with the wrong And with the workers of wickedness, Who speak peace to their neighbours, But evil is in their hearts.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no stability in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their tongue.

Psalm 51:6

See, You have desired truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You make me know wisdom.

Psalm 52:3

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

Psalm 55:21

His mouth was smoother than curds, Yet in his heart is fighting; His words were softer than oil, But they are drawn swords.

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous one hates a lying word, But a wrong man is loathsome and comes to shame.

Proverbs 6:17

A proud look, A lying tongue, And hands shedding innocent blood,

Isaiah 30:13

therefore this crookedness is to you like a breach ready to fall, a bulge in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly, swiftly.”

Hosea 7:3

“With their evil they make a sovereign glad, and rulers with their lies.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herodes, having seen that he was fooled by the Magi, was greatly enraged, and he sent forth and slew all the male children in Bĕ

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap Him in His words.

Matthew 22:23

On that day Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,

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.

Luke 11:39

And the Master said to him, “Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and dish clean, but your inward part is filled with greed and wickedness.

Luke 20:20

And keeping a close watch on Him, they sent spies who pretended to be righteous, to catch Him in a word, in order to deliver Him to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

John 8:44

“You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.

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 7:22

For I delight in the Torah of Elohim according to the inward man,

Revelation 22:15

“But outside are the dogs and those who enchant with drugs, and those who whore, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and all who love and do falsehood.