Psalms 36:3
The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently — to do good.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
In Context
2For he made [it] smooth to himself in his eyes, To find his iniquity to be hated.
4Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'
Cross References
1 Samuel 11:6And the Spirit of God doth prosper over Saul, in his hearing these words, and his anger burneth greatly,
1 Samuel 15:26And Samuel saith unto Saul, 'I do not turn back with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth reject thee from being king over Israel.'
1 Samuel 18:21and Saul saith, 'I give her to him, and she is to him for a snare, and the hand of the Philistines is on him;' and Saul saith unto David, 'By the second — thou dost become my son-in-law to-day.'
1 Samuel 26:21And Saul saith, 'I have sinned; turn back, my son David, for I do evil to thee no more, because that my soul hath been precious in thine eyes this day; lo, I have acted foolishly, and do err very greatly.'
2 Chronicles 20:32And he walketh in the way of his father Asa, and hath not turned aside from it, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
Psalms 10:7Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue [is] perverseness and iniquity,
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 →