Psalms 50:17
O Lord, thou shalt open my lips; 1 And my mouth shall declare thy praise. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; 1 And there is good understanding to all that practice it: 1 And piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; 1 But the ungodly will set at nought wisdom and instruction. 1
Proverbs 1:29For they hated wisdom, 1 And did not choose the word of the Lord: 1
Proverbs 8:36But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: 1 And they that hate me love death.
Proverbs 15:10The instruction of the simple is known by them that pass by; 1 But they that hate reproofs die disgracefully. 1
Jeremiah 8:9The wise men are ashamed, and alarmed, and taken; because they have rejected the word of the Lord; what wisdom is there 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 →