Psalm 36:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Those people stay awake, thinking up mischief, and they follow the wrong road, refusing to turn from sin.

Cross References

Esther 5:14

Haman's wife and friends said to him, “Have a tower built about twenty-two metres high, and tomorrow morning ask the king to hang Mordecai there. Then later, you can have dinner with the king and enjoy yourself.” This seemed like a good idea to Haman, and he had the tower built.

Esther 6:4

About this time, Haman came in to ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on the tower he had built. The king saw him and asked, “Who is that man waiting in front of the throne room?”

Job 15:16

what chance do humans have? We are so terribly evil that we thirst for sin.

Psalm 38:12

All who want me dead set traps to catch me, and those who want to harm and destroy me plan and plot all day.

Psalm 52:3

You would rather do evil than good, and tell lies than speak the truth.

Psalm 97:10

Love the LORD and hate evil! God protects his loyal people and rescues them from violence.

Proverbs 24:2

All they think about and talk about is violence and cruelty.

Proverbs 24:23

Here are some more sayings that make good sense: When you judge, you must be fair.

Proverbs 4:16

They can't sleep or rest until they do wrong or harm some innocent victim.

Isaiah 65:2

All day long I have reached out to stubborn and sinful people going their own way.

Jeremiah 4:22

I heard the LORD say, “My people ignore me. They are foolish children who do not understand that they will be punished. All they know is how to sin.”

Jeremiah 6:16

The LORD said: My people, when you stood at the crossroads, I told you, “Follow the road your ancestors took, and you will find peace.” But you refused.

Jeremiah 8:6

I listen carefully, but none of you admit that you've done wrong. Without a second thought, you run down the wrong road like cavalry troops charging into battle.

Amos 5:15

Choose good instead of evil! See that justice is done. Perhaps I, the LORD All-Powerful, will be kind to what's left of your people.

Micah 2:1

Doomed! You're doomed! At night you lie in bed, making evil plans. And when morning comes, you do what you've planned because you have the power.

Micah 6:8

The LORD God has told us what is right and what he demands: “See that justice is done, let mercy be your first concern, and humbly obey your God.”

Matthew 27:1

Early the next morning all the chief priests and the nation's leaders met and decided that Jesus should be put to death.

Acts 23:12

The next morning more than forty Jewish men got together and vowed that they would not eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

Romans 1:32

They know God has said that anyone who acts this way deserves to die. But they keep on doing evil things, and they even encourage others to do them.

Romans 12:9

Be sincere in your love for others. Hate everything that is evil and hold tight to everything that is good.

Revelation 2:2

I know everything you have done, including your hard work and how you have endured. I know you won't put up with anyone who is evil. When some people pretended to be apostles, you tested them and found out that they were liars.

1 Samuel 19:11

Saul sent guards to watch David's house all night and then to kill him in the morning. Michal, David's wife, told him, “If you don't escape tonight, they'll kill you tomorrow!”