Psalm 36:4

Good News Translation

They make evil plans as they lie in bed; nothing they do is good, and they never reject anything evil.

Cross References

Esther 5:14

So his wife and all his friends suggested, “Why don't you have a gallows built, seventy-five feet tall? Tomorrow morning you can ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it, and then you can go to the banquet happy.” Haman thought this was a good idea, so he had the gallows built.

Esther 6:4

“Are any of my officials in the palace?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the courtyard; he had come to ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on the gallows that was now ready.

Job 15:16

And we drink evil as if it were water; yes, we are corrupt; we are worthless.

Psalm 38:12

Those who want to kill me lay traps for me, and those who want to hurt me threaten to ruin me; they never stop plotting against me.

Psalm 52:3

You love evil more than good and falsehood more than truth.

Psalm 97:10

The Lord loves those who hate evil; he protects the lives of his people; he rescues them from the power of the wicked.

Proverbs 24:2

Causing trouble is all they ever think about; every time they open their mouth someone is going to be hurt.

Proverbs 24:23

The wise have also said these things: It is wrong for judges to be prejudiced.

Proverbs 4:16

Wicked people cannot sleep unless they have done something wrong. They lie awake unless they have hurt someone.

Isaiah 65:2

I have always been ready to welcome my people, who stubbornly do what is wrong and go their own way.

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord says, “My people are stupid; they don't know me. They are like foolish children; they have no understanding. They are experts at doing what is evil, but failures at doing what is good.”

Jeremiah 6:16

The Lord said to his people, “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths and where the best road is. Walk in it, and you will live in peace.” But they said, “No, we will not!”

Jeremiah 8:6

I listened carefully, but you did not speak the truth. Not one of you has been sorry for your wickedness; not one of you has asked, ‘What have I done wrong?’ Each of you keep on going your own way, like a horse rushing into battle.

Amos 5:15

Hate what is evil, love what is right, and see that justice prevails in the courts. Perhaps the Lord will be merciful to the people of this nation who are still left alive.

Micah 2:1

How terrible it will be for those who lie awake and plan evil! When morning comes, as soon as they have the chance, they do the evil they planned.

Micah 6:8

No, the Lord has told us what is good. What he requires of us is this: to do what is just, to show constant love, and to live in humble fellowship with our God.

Matthew 27:1

Early in the morning all the chief priests and the elders made their plans against Jesus to put him to death.

Acts 23:12

The next morning some Jews met together and made a plan. They took a vow that they would not eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

Romans 1:32

They know that God's law says that people who live in this way deserve death. Yet, not only do they continue to do these very things, but they even approve of others who do them.

Romans 12:9

Love must be completely sincere. Hate what is evil, hold on to what is good.

Revelation 2:2

I know what you have done; I know how hard you have worked and how patient you have been. I know that you cannot tolerate evil people and that you have tested those who say they are apostles but are not, and have found out that they are liars.

1 Samuel 19:11

That same night Saul sent some men to watch David's house and kill him the next morning. Michal, David's wife, warned him, “If you don't get away tonight, tomorrow you will be dead.”