Psalms 50:17

while you yourself hate correction, and cast my words behind you?

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In The King James Version

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

In Context

16But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to talk of my statutes, or take my covenant into your mouth

18When you see a thief, you run with them; with adulterers you keep company.

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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 →

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