Psalm 4:2

The Passion Translation

Listen to me, you elite among men: How long will you defame my honor and drag it down into shame? Will you ever stop insulting me? How long will you set your heart on shadows, chasing your lies and delusions? Pause in his presence

Cross References

Psalm 106:20

They preferred the image of a grass-eating ox to the presence of the glory-filled God.

Psalm 14:6

Yahweh is always the safest place for the poor when the workers of wickedness oppress them.

Psalm 2:1

How dare the nations plan a rebellion. Their foolish plots are futile!

Psalm 3:3

But in the depths of my heart I truly know that you, Yahweh, have become my Shield; You take me and surround me with yourself. Your glory covers me continually. You lift high my head.

Psalm 31:6

I despise these deceptive illusions, all this pretense and nonsense, for I worship only you.

Psalm 5:6

You will make an end of all those who lie. How you hate their hypocrisy and despise all who love violence!

Psalm 50:15

Honor me by trusting in me in your day of trouble. Cry aloud to me, and I will be there to rescue you.

Psalm 57:4

I am surrounded by these fierce and brutal men. They are like lions just wanting to tear me to shreds. Why must I continue to live among these seething terrorists, breathing out their angry threats and insults against me?

Psalm 58:1

God’s justice? You high and mighty politicians know nothing about it! Which one of you has walked in justice toward others? Which one of you has treated everyone right and fair? Not one! You only give “justice” in exchange for a bribe. For the right price you let others get away with murder.

Psalm 58:3

Wicked wanderers even from the womb—that’s who you are! You lie with your words, and your teaching is poison.

Psalm 63:11

These liars will be silenced forever! But with the anointing of a king I will dance and rejoice along with all his devoted lovers who trust in him.

Psalm 72:2

Help him to give true justice to your people, honorably and equally to all.

Proverbs 1:22

“Foolish ones, how much longer will you cling to your deception? How much longer will you mock wisdom, you cynical scorners who fight the facts?

Isaiah 20:5

And those who put their hope in ‘glorious Cush’ and ‘mighty Egypt,’ will be shattered and totally ashamed.”

Isaiah 45:17

But Yahweh saves Israel with everlasting salvation! You will not be put to shame nor disgraced for all eternity!

Isaiah 59:4

No one seeks true justice; no one pleads his case with honesty. They rely on their illusions and misleading lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to sin.

Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation ever traded in its gods (even though they are not really gods)? But my people have bartered away their glory in exchange for gods who do nothing.

Jeremiah 2:5

He declares to you: “What did your ancestors find wrong with me that they would run so far away from me? They left me to follow worthless idols and themselves became worthless!

Jeremiah 9:3

Yahweh says: “They shoot out lies with their tongues, just as an archer uses a bow to shoot arrows. Their lies have prevailed in the land, but they are not faithful to Yahweh. My people go from one evil thing to another because they do not know my heart.

Acts 24:9

All the Jews present joined in the verbal attack, saying, “Yes, it’s true!”

1 Corinthians 1:31

And this fulfills what is written: If anyone boasts, let him only boast in all that the Lord has done!

Ephesians 4:25

So discard every form of dishonesty and lying so that you will be known as one who always speaks the truth, for we all belong to one another.