Psalms 52:3

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah”

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BSBPD

“You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. [Selah”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 52:3 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 62:4They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
  2. Proverbs 21:10The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
  3. Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
  4. 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.
  5. Jeremiah 9:8Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
  6. Micah 3:2You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
  7. John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
  8. Romans 1:25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.
  9. 2 Timothy 3:4traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
  10. Revelation 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

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