Psalms 50:20

Thou sittest, and speakest against thy brother, and slanderest thy mothers sonne.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

In Context

19Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.

21These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue: therefore thou thoughtest that I was like thee: but I will reproue thee, and set them in order before thee.

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Cross References

Psalms 31:18Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.

Matthew 5:11Blessed shall ye be when men reuile you, and persecute you, and say all maner of euill against you for my sake, falsely.

Luke 22:65And many other thinges blasphemously spake they against him.

Titus 2:3The elder women likewise, that they be in such behauiour as becommeth holinesse, not false accusers, not subiect to much wine, but teachers of honest things,

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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