Psalms 36:3

1 An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

2 For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

4 Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

5 Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
KJV
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
WEB
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
ASV
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.
DARBY
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.
BLB
The words of his mouth [are] wickedness and deceit; he has ceased to be prudent and do good.
ÅB
Ordene i munnen hans er urett og svik;
han har sluttet å handle klokt, å gjøre godt.
OTB
Hans ord er fulle av ondskap og svik;
Han har forlatt visdom og godhet.
B1930
Hans munns ord er urett og svik; han har latt av å fare viselig frem, å gjøre godt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 55:21

    His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

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  • 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.”

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  • Psalms 10:7

    His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

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  • 1 John 2:19

    They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

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  • Matthew 22:15–18

    Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.

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  • 1 Samuel 15:26

    “I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”

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  • 1 Samuel 16:14

    After the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.

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  • 1 Samuel 13:13–14

    “You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.

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