Psalms 14:1

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does good.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

In Context

2The LORD looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.

1 Samuel 25:25Please don’t let my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent.

Job 22:13You say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

Psalms 36:1A revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Psalms 53:1The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good.

Psalms 92:6A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:

Matthew Henry on Psalms 14:1

It does not appear upon what occasion this psalm was penned nor whether upon any particular occasion. Some say David penned it when Saul persecuted him; others, when Absalom rebelled against him. But they are mere conjectures, which have not certainty enough to warrant us to expound the psalm by them. The apostle, in quoting part of this psalm ( Rom. iii. 10 , &c.) to prove that Jews and Gentiles are all under sin ( ver. 9 ) and that all the world is guilty before God ( ver. 19 ), leads us to understand it, in… Read the whole commentary →

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