Psalms 50:18
When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
In Context
17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
19You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:10If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
Job 31:9If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
Isaiah 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
Romans 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice 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 →