Psalms 50:18
Every time that you see a thief, you become his friend, and you spend much time with those who commit adultery.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
In Context
17because you have refused to allow me to discipline you, and you have rejected what I told you to do.
19You are always talking [MTY] about doing wicked things, and you are always trying to deceive people.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:10‘If a man commits adultery with some other man’s wife, both of them, the man and the woman, must be executed.
Job 31:9“If it were true that I [SYN] have been attracted by some other man’s wife, or that I have hidden myself and waited outside the door to her house,
Proverbs 2:16If you are wise [PRS], you will also be saved from ◄immoral women/prostitutes►; you will not pay attention when adulterous women try to ◄seduce/entice you by what they say.►
Isaiah 5:23If people offer them bribes in order that they will enable wicked people not to be punished, they accept those bribes, and they cause people who are innocent to be punished.
Micah 7:3They all use both hands to do what is evil. Government officials and judges all ask for bribes. Important people tell others what they want, and they plot/scheme together about how to get it done.
Romans 1:32Although they know that God has declared that those who do such things deserve to be killed, they not only habitually do these kinds of evil things, but they also approve of others who habitually do 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 →