Psalms 78:37 · KJV
“For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.”
— Psalms 78:37
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
But he, {being} full of compassion, forgave {their} iniquity, and destroyed {them} not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
Psalms 78 — Context
And they remembered that God {was} their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
36Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
37For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
38But he, {being} full of compassion, forgave {their} iniquity, and destroyed {them} not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
39For he remembered that they {were but} flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
Cross References
Psalms 78:8
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation {that} set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. {that...: Heb. that prepared not their heart}
Acts 8:21
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
Psalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. {right: or, constant}
Hosea 7:14
And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, {and} they rebel against me.
Psalms 119:80
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Deuteronomy 31:20
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
Hosea 10:2
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. {Their heart...: or, He hath divided their heart} {break...: Heb. behead} {images: Heb. statues, or, standing images}
Hosea 7:16
They return, {but} not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this {shall be} their derision in the land of Egypt.