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Psalms 14:1

For the Chief Musician. By David.The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God."They are corrupt.They have done abominable works.There is none who does good.

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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 did understand,who did seek after God.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:5The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

1 Samuel 25:25Please do not let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.

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

Psalms 36:1For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of the Lord.An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked:"There is no fear of God before his eyes."

Psalms 53:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Mahalath." A contemplation by David.The 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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