Psalms 78:37

For their hearts were not true to him, Nor were they steadfast in his covenant.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

In Context

36But they only flattered him with their mouths, And spake falsely to him with their tongues.

38Yet, being full of compassion, he forgave their iniquity, And would not utterly destroy them; Often he restrained his indignation, And stirred not up all his anger.

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Cross References

Psalms 51:10Create within me a clean heart, O God! Renew within me a steadfast spirit!

Psalms 119:80May my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I may not be put to shame!

Ezekiel 16:30How faint was thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, that thou didst all those things which an imperious whorish wife doeth,

Hosea 7:16They return, but not to the Most High; They are like a deceitful bow; Their princes shall fall by the sword for the haughtiness of their tongues; This shall be their reproach in the land of Egypt.

Acts 8:21Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter; for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

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 →

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