Psalms 4:2

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“How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah”

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BSBPD

“How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? How longwill ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? [Selah”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Sons of men! till when <FI>is<Fi> my glory for shame? Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 4:2 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  2. Numbers 14:11And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
  3. 1 Samuel 12:21Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
  4. Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
  5. Psalms 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
  6. Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
  7. Psalms 14:6You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
  8. Psalms 31:6I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
  9. Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
  10. Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
  11. Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
  12. Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
  13. Psalms 63:11But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
  14. Psalms 72:2May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
  15. Psalms 106:20They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
  16. Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
  17. Ecclesiastes 8:11When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
  18. Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
  19. Isaiah 20:5Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
  20. Isaiah 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
  21. Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
  22. Jeremiah 2:5This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?
  23. Jeremiah 2:11Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
  24. Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

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