Psalms 4:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah”
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“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)“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“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“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 DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 4:2 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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?
- 1 Samuel 12:21Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalms 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
- Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
- Psalms 14:6You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
- Psalms 31:6I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
- Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- 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.
- Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
- Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.
- Psalms 63:11But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
- Psalms 72:2May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
- Psalms 106:20They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
- 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?
- Ecclesiastes 8:11When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
- 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.
- Isaiah 20:5Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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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