Psalms 50:18
If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers [is] thy portion.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
In Context
17Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.
19Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
Cross References
Leviticus 20:10'And a man who committeth adultery with a man's wife — who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour — the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death.
Job 31:9If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,
Proverbs 2:16To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,
Isaiah 5:23Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.
Micah 7:3On the evil [are] both hands to do [it] well, The prince is asking — also the judge — for recompence, And the great — he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.
Romans 1:32who the righteous judgment of God having known — that those practising such things are worthy of death — not only do them, but also have delight with those practising them.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 50:17-23
The Character of the Wicked. 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. 18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. 21 These things hast thou done,… Read the whole commentary →