Psalms 53:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.”
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“The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“To the Overseer. --`On a disease.' --An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, `There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 53:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 6:5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
- Genesis 6:11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
- Leviticus 18:24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
- Deuteronomy 12:31You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
- 1 Kings 12:26Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.
- 1 Kings 14:24There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
- Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
- Job 15:16how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
- Psalms 10:4In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
- Psalms 10:6He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
- Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
- Psalms 10:13Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
- Psalms 14:1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
- Psalms 88:1O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
- Psalms 92:6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
- Ezekiel 16:47And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.
- Ezekiel 16:51Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.
- Matthew 5:22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
- Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
- Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- Romans 3:10As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
- Ephesians 5:12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
- 1 Peter 4:3For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
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