Psalms 50:17
Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
In Context
18When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers.
Cross References
1 Kings 14:9but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
Proverbs 1:7The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:29For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:
Proverbs 8:36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.
Proverbs 15:10There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; [And] he that hateth reproof shall die.
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 50:17-23
The Character of the Wicked. 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. 18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. 21 These things hast thou done,… Read the whole commentary →