Psalm 53:1

New International Reader's Version

Foolish people say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They do all kinds of horrible and evil things. No one does anything good.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:26

Jeroboam thought, “My kingdom still isn’t secure. It could very easily go back to the royal family of David.

1 Kings 14:24

There were even male prostitutes at the temples in the land. The people took part in all the practices of other nations. The Lord hated those practices. He had driven those nations out to make room for the Israelites.

Job 14:4

Who can bring what is pure from something that isn’t pure? No one!

Job 15:16

So he’ll certainly find fault with human beings. After all, they are evil and sinful. They drink up evil as if it were water.

Psalm 10:11

Sinful people say to themselves, “God will never notice. He covers his face. He never sees us.”

Psalm 10:13

Why do sinful people attack you with their words? Why do they say to themselves, “He won’t hold us accountable”?

Psalm 10:4

Because he is proud, that evil person doesn’t turn to the Lord. There is no room for God in any of his thoughts.

Psalm 10:6

He says to himself, “I will always be secure.” He promises himself, “No one will ever harm me.”

Psalm 88:1

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

Psalm 92:6

Here is something that people without sense don’t know. Here is what foolish people don’t understand.

Ezekiel 16:47

You lived exactly the way they did. You copied their evil practices. I hate those practices. Everything you did was so sinful that you soon became even worse than they were.

Ezekiel 16:51

Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You sinned even more than they did. I hate those sins. Compared to what you did, you made your sisters seem godly.

Matthew 5:22

But here is what I tell you. Do not be angry with a brother or sister. Anyone who is angry with them will be judged. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ must stand trial in court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire in hell.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Tonight I will take your life away from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

Romans 1:21

They knew God. But they didn’t honor him as God. They didn’t thank him. Their thinking became worthless. Their foolish hearts became dark.

Romans 1:28

They didn’t think it was important to know God. So God let them continue to have evil thoughts. They did things they shouldn’t do.

Ephesians 5:12

It is shameful even to talk about what people who don’t obey do in secret.

Deuteronomy 12:31

You must not worship the Lord your God the way they worship their gods. When they worship, they do all kinds of evil things the Lord hates. They even burn up their children in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.

1 Peter 4:3

You have spent enough time in the past doing what ungodly people choose to do. You lived a wild life. You longed for evil things. You got drunk. You went to wild parties. You worshiped statues of gods, which the Lord hates.