Psalms 58:5
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
King James Version
In Context
4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:33Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Isaiah 19:3And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 58:2-6
A Reproof to Wicked Judges. 1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. 4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. We have reason to think that this… Read the whole commentary →