Psalms 36:3
Hope in the Lord and do good, and dwell in the land, and so you shall be pastured with its riches.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
In Context
4Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.
Cross References
1 Samuel 11:6And the Spirit of the Lord rose up within Saul when he had heard these words, and his fury was enraged exceedingly.
1 Samuel 15:26And Samuel said to Saul: “I will not return with you. For you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
1 Samuel 18:21And Saul said, “I will give her to him, so that she may be a stumbling block to him, and so that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him.” And Saul said to David, “In two things, you shall be my son-in-law today.”
1 Samuel 26:21And Saul said: “I have sinned. Return, my son David. For I will never again do evil to you, because my life has been precious in your eyes this day. For it is apparent that I have acted senselessly, and have been ignorant of very many things.”
2 Chronicles 20:32And he walked in the way of his father, Asa, and he did not decline from it, doing the things that were pleasing before the Lord.
Psalms 10:7He will rain down snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and windstorms will be the portion of their cup.
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 →