Psalm 58:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Nay, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.

Cross References

Psalm 21:11

If they plan evil against you, if they devise mischief, they will not succeed.

Psalm 82:1

God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:

Psalm 94:20

Can wicked rulers be allied with thee, who frame mischief by statute?

Ecclesiastes 3:16

Moreover I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.

Isaiah 10:1

Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression,

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the righteous is level; thou dost make smooth the path of the righteous.

Ezekiel 22:12

In you men take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and increase and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; and you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.

Malachi 3:15

Henceforth we deem the arrogant blessed; evildoers not only prosper but when they put God to the test they escape.’ ”