Psalms 50:17
And yet thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
In Context
18When thou seest a thief, then art thou pleased with him, and with adulterers hast thou thy portion.
Cross References
1 Kings 14:9And thou hast done more evil than all that were before thee; and thou art gone and hast made unto thyself other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and me hast thou cast behind thy back:
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: wisdom and instruction fools [alone] despise.
Proverbs 1:29For the reason that they hated knowledge, and the fear of the Lord they did not choose;
Proverbs 8:36But he that sinneth against me doth violence to his own soul: all those that hate me love death.
Proverbs 15:10An evil correction is [destined] for him that forsaketh the [right] path; he that hateth admonition will die.
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are ashamed, they are discouraged and caught, lo, the word of the Lord have they rejected; and what wisdom have they [now]?
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 →