Psalm 53:1

New Century Version

Fools say to themselves, “There is no God.” Fools are evil and do terrible things; none of them does anything good.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:26

Jeroboam said to himself, “The kingdom will probably go back to David’s family.

1 Kings 14:24

There were even male prostitutes in the land. They acted like the people who had lived in the land before the Israelites. They had done many evil things, and God had taken the land away from them.

Job 14:4

No one can bring something clean from something dirty.

Job 15:16

How much less pure is one who is terrible and rotten and drinks up evil as if it were water!

Psalm 10:11

The wicked think, “God has forgotten us. He doesn’t see what is happening.”

Psalm 10:13

Why do wicked people hate God? They say to themselves, “God won’t punish us.”

Psalm 10:4

The wicked people are too proud. They do not look for God; there is no room for God in their thoughts.

Psalm 10:6

They say to themselves, “Nothing bad will ever happen to me; I will never be ruined.”

Psalm 88:1

Lord, you are the God who saves me. I cry out to you day and night.

Psalm 92:6

Stupid people don’t know these things, and fools don’t understand.

Ezekiel 16:47

You not only followed their ways and did the hateful things they did, but you were soon worse than they were in all your ways.

Ezekiel 16:51

Also, Samaria did not do half the sins you do; you have done more hateful things than they did. So you make your sisters look good because of all the hateful things you have done.

Matthew 5:22

But I tell you, if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be judged. If you say bad things to a brother or sister, you will be judged by the council. And if you call someone a fool, you will be in danger of the fire of hell.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘Foolish man! Tonight your life will be taken from you. So who will get those things you have prepared for yourself?’

Romans 1:21

They knew God, but they did not give glory to God or thank him. Their thinking became useless. Their foolish minds were filled with darkness.

Romans 1:28

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

Ephesians 5:12

It is shameful even to talk about what those people do in secret.

Deuteronomy 12:31

Don’t worship the Lord your God that way, because the Lord hates the evil ways they worship their gods. They even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods!

1 Peter 4:3

In the past you wasted too much time doing what nonbelievers enjoy. You were guilty of sexual sins, evil desires, drunkenness, wild and drunken parties, and hateful idol worship.