Psalms 36:4
He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he detests not evil.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has left off to be wise, and to do good.
5Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and your faithfulness reachs unto the clouds.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:11Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If you save not your life to night, tomorrow you shall be slain.
Esther 6:4And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
Psalms 38:12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
Psalms 97:10All of you that love the LORD, hate evil: he perserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
Proverbs 24:2For their heart studies destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Isaiah 65:2I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walks in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
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 →