Then Adonai saw that the wickedness of humankind was great on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their heart was only evil all the time.
Psalm 14:1 - Tree of Life Version For the music director, of David. The fool said in his heart: “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, There is none that doeth good. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable deeds; there is none that does good or right. [Rom. 3:10.] American Standard Version (1901) The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good. Common English Bible Fools say in their hearts, There is no God. They are corrupt and do evil things; not one of them does anything good. Catholic Public Domain Version A Psalm of David. O Lord, who will dwell in your tabernacle? Or who will rest on your holy mountain? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A psalm of David. Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? or who shall rest in thy holy hill? |
Then Adonai saw that the wickedness of humankind was great on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their heart was only evil all the time.
how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks evil like water!
Yet you say, ‘What does God know? Does He judge through such thick darkness?
The wicked one, with his nose in the air, never seeks Him. All his thoughts are: “There is no God.”
Some became fools because of their rebellious ways, and were afflicted due to their iniquities.
“How long will you naïve ones love simplicity, you scoffers delight in scoffing, and you fools hate knowledge?
The fear of Adonai is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning away from evil.
Even if you pound the fool along with the grain in a mortar with a pestle, his foolishness would never leave him.
Surely there is not a righteous person on earth who does what is good and doesn’t sin.
Oy , a sinful nation, a people weighed down with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, sons dealing corruptly! They have abandoned Adonai. They have despised Israel’s Holy One. They have turned backwards.
They have lied about Adonai saying: “Not He! No harm will come to us. Nor will we see sword or famine.
They are all stubborn rebels spreading slander. They are bronze and iron, all of them are corrupt.
You brood of vipers! How can you who are evil say anything good? For from the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, and slander.
But God said to him, ‘You fool! Tonight your soul is being demanded back from you! And what you have prepared, whose will that be?’
At that time you were separate from Messiah, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
They claim to know God but their deeds deny Him. They are despicable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.
For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
But for the cowardly and faithless and detestable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars—their lot is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Please my lord, pay no attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he—Nabal is his name and disgraceful folly is with him. But I, your maidservant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.