Psalms 36:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.”
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“For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For he made <FI>it<Fi> smooth to himself in his eyes, To find his iniquity to be hated.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 36:2 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 29:19because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
- 1 Samuel 15:18and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’
- 1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
- Psalms 10:3For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
- Psalms 49:18Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul— and men praise you when you prosper—
- Jeremiah 2:23“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
- Jeremiah 2:34Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Jeremiah 36:24Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
- Hosea 12:7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
- Luke 10:29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
- Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
- Romans 3:9What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
- Romans 7:9Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
- Romans 10:3Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
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