Psalm 53:1

Easy To Read Version

Only a fool {\cf2\super [319]} thinks there is no God.\par People like that are corrupt, evil, malicious,\par and they don’t do anything good.\par

Cross References

1 Kings 14:24

There were men who served other gods by selling their bodies for sex. [178] So the people of Judah did many bad things. The people that had lived in the land before them did those same evil things. And God took the land away from those people and gave it to the people of Israel.

Job 14:4

“But what does something clean\par have in common with something dirty?\par Nothing!\par

Job 15:16

Man is even worse.\par Man is dirty and ruined.\par He drinks up evil like water.\par

Psalm 10:11

So those poor people begin thinking,\par “God has forgotten us!\par He has turned away from us forever!\par God doesn’t see what is happening to us!”\par

Psalm 10:13

Why do bad people turn against God?\par Because they think he won’t punish them.\par

Psalm 10:4

Bad people are too proud to follow God.\par They make all their evil plans.\par And they act like there is no God.\par

Psalm 10:6

Those people think bad things will never happen to them.\par \{They say,\}\par “We will have fun and never be punished.”\par

Psalm 88:1

Lord God, you are my Savior.\par I have been praying to you\par day and night.\par

Psalm 92:6

Compared to you,\par people are like stupid animals.\par We are like fools\par who can’t understand anything.\par

Ezekiel 16:47

You did all the terrible things they did. But you also did things that were even worse!

Ezekiel 16:51

\{God said,\} “And Samaria did only half as many bad things as you did. You did many more terrible things than Samaria! You have done so many more terrible things than your sisters. Sodom and Samaria seem good compared to you.

Matthew 5:22

But I tell you, don’t be angry with another person. Every person is your brother. If you are angry with other people, you will be judged. And if you say bad things to another person, you will be judged by the Jewish council. And if you call another person a fool, you will be in danger of the fire of hell.

Luke 12:20

But God said to that man, ‘Foolish man! Tonight you will die. So what about the things you prepared for yourself? Who will get those things now?’

Romans 1:21

People knew God. But they did not give glory to God, and they did not thank him. Their ideas were all useless. There was not one good thought left in their foolish minds.

Romans 1:28

People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed those people to have their own worthless thinking. And so those people do the things that they should not do.

Ephesians 5:12

It is really very shameful to even talk about the things those people in darkness do in secret.

Deuteronomy 12:31

Don’t do that to the Lord your God! {Don’t worship God like that! Why?} Because those people do all kinds of bad things that the Lord hates. They even burn their children as sacrifices to their gods!

1 Peter 4:3

In the past you wasted too much time doing the things that the non-believers like to do. You were doing sexual sins. You were doing the evil things you wanted. You were becoming drunk, having wild and wasteful parties, having drunken parties, and doing wrong by worshiping idols (false gods).