Psalms 14:1
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
2 The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
3 All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
- KJV
- The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
- WEB
- The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does good.
- ASV
- The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.
- DARBY
- {To the chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.
- BLB
- For the one directing. Of David. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; they have done abominable deeds; there is no one doing good.
- ÅB
- Til sangmesteren; av David.
Dåren sier i hjertet sitt: «Det finnes ingen Gud.»
Onde og avskyelige er gjerningene deres;
det er ingen som gjør godt. - OTB
- Dåren sier i sitt hjerte: «Det er ingen Gud.»
De er fordervet, de har gjort avskyelige gjerninger;
Det er ingen som gjør godt. - B1930
- Til sangmesteren; av David. Dåren sier i sitt hjerte: Det er ikke nogen Gud. Onde, vederstyggelige er deres gjerninger; det er ingen som gjør godt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 10:4
In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
Read in contextPsalms 53:1
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.
Read in contextRomans 3:10–12
As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
Read in contextRomans 1:21–32
For 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.
Read in contextPsalms 92:6
A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
Read in contextEphesians 2:1–3
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
Read in contextProverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Read in contextMatthew 12:34
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
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