Psalms 36:2
For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
In Context
1The transgression of the wicked says within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has left off to be wise, and to do good.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:18And the LORD sent you on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
Psalms 10:3For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD detests.
Jeremiah 2:23How can you say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: you are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Hosea 12:7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress.
Luke 16:14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 36:2-5
The Character of the Wicked. 1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. David, in the title of this psalm, is styled the servant of the Lord; why in this, and not in any… Read the whole commentary →