Psalms 50:16 · KJV
“But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or {that} thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?”
— Psalms 50:16
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
Psalms 50 — Context
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or {that} thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. {hast...: Heb. thy portion was with}
Cross References
Isaiah 29:13
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near {me} with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Psalms 78:36-38
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
Psalms 25:14
The secret of the LORD {is} with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. {and...: or, and his covenant to make them know it}
Romans 2:17-24
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Hebrews 8:9
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Isaiah 48:1-2
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, {but} not in truth, nor in righteousness.
Proverbs 26:7
The legs of the lame are not equal: so {is} a parable in the mouth of fools. {are...: Heb. are lifted up}