Psalms 49:20

Sitting, you spoke against your brother, and you set up a scandal against your mother’s son.

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In The King James Version

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

In Context

19Your mouth has abounded with malice, and your tongue has concocted deceits.

21These things you have done, and I was silent. You thought, unjustly, that I ought to be like you. But I will reprove you, and I will set myself against your face.

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Cross References

Esther 7:10And so Haman was hanged on the gallows, which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger was quieted.

Job 10:21before I depart and return no more to a land that is dark and covered with the fog of death,

Psalms 73:18Be mindful of this: the enemy placed blame against the Lord, and a foolish people has incited against your name.

Ecclesiastes 11:8If a man lives for many years, and if he has rejoiced in all of these, he must remember the many days of the dark times, which, when they will have arrived, will accuse the past of vanity.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 49:16-20

Privilege of the Godly. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth… Read the whole commentary →

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