Psalms 78:36
And they loved him with their mouth: and with their tongue they lied unto him:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
In Context
35And they remembered that God was their helper: and the most high God their redeemer.
37But their heart was not right with him: nor were they counted faithful in his covenant.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:28And when the Lord had heard this, he said to me: I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they spoke to thee: they have spoken all things well.
Psalms 106:12And they believed his words: and they sang his praises.
Isaiah 57:11For whom hast thou been solicitous and afraid, that thou hast lied, and hast not been mindful of me, nor thought on me in thy heart? for I am silent, and as one that seeth not, and thou hast forgotten me.
Ezekiel 33:31And they come to thee, as if a people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Hosea 12:1Ephraim feedeth on the wind, and followeth the burning heat: all the day long he multiplied lies and desolation: and he hath made a covenant with the Assyrians, and carried oil into Egypt.
Micah 6:12Shall I justify wicked balances, and the deceitful weights of the bag?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:10-40
Wonders Wrought in Behalf of Israel; The Crimes of the Israelites; 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap. 14 In the daytime… Read the whole commentary →