Psalms 36:2
For they will quickly wither away like dry grass, and in like manner to kitchen herbs, they will soon droop.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
In Context
3Hope in the Lord and do good, and dwell in the land, and so you shall be pastured with its riches.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:18And the Lord sent you on the way, and he said: ‘Go and put to death the sinners of Amalek. And you shall fight against them, even unto utter annihilation.’
Psalms 10:3For behold, the sinners have bent their bow. They have prepared their arrows in the quiver, so as to shoot arrows in the dark at the upright of heart.
Jeremiah 2:23How can you say: ‘I have not been polluted. I have not walked after Baal?’ Consider your ways in the steep valley. Acknowledge what you have done, so that you may be like a swift runner, following his course.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is depraved above all things, and it is unsearchable, who can know it?
Hosea 12:7Canaan, in his hand is a deceitful balance, he has chosen false accusations.
Luke 16:14But the Pharisees, who were greedy, were listening to all these things. And they ridiculed him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 36:2-5
The Character of the Wicked. 1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. David, in the title of this psalm, is styled the servant of the Lord; why in this, and not in any… Read the whole commentary →