Psalm 50:16 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁶ But to the wrong Elohim said, “What right have you to recite My laws, Or take My covenant in your mouth,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ But to the wicked God says, “Why do you talk about my laws? Why do you even mention my covenant?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Free me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will extol your justice.

Psalm 50:16 Cross References

Psalm 25:14

Sameḵ The secret of יהוה is with those who fear Him, And He makes His covenant known to them.

Proverbs 26:7

The legs of the lame hang limp So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Isaiah 29:13

And יהוה says, “Because this people has drawn near with its mouth, and with its lips they have esteemed Me, and it has kept its heart far from Me, and their fear of Me has become a command of men that is taught!

Isaiah 48:22

“There is no peace for the wrong,” said יהוה.”

Ezekiel 18:27

“And when the wrong turns away from the wrong which he has done, and he does right-ruling and righteousness, he keeps himself alive.

John 4:24

“Elohim is Spirit, and those who worship Him need to worship in spirit and truth.”

1 Corinthians 9:27

But I treat my body severely and make it my slave, lest having proclaimed to others, I myself might be rejected.

Hebrews 8:9

not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Mitsrayim, because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them,” says יהוה.

2 Peter 2:15

having left the right way they went astray, having followed the way of Bil‛am the son of Be‛or, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,