Devine Scripture

Psalms 52:3

Psalms chapter 52 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. [Selah

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. [Selah

Context

v.2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

v.3This passage

v.4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Timothy 3:4

    traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

  • Jeremiah 9:8

    Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

  • Jeremiah 4:22

    For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 9:3

    And they bend their tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

  • John 8:44

    Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

  • Romans 1:25

    for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.