Psalms 58:2
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 58 connects to 10 cross-references. A Miktam of David calling out corrupt rulers who pervert justice and asking whether they do right. He describes the wicked as going astray from birth, like a deaf cobra that cannot be charmed. He appeals to God to break …
Other Translations
Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Even in heart ye work iniquities, In the land the violence of your hands ye ponder.
The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.
Cross References
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, …
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and …
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for …
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know …
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to …
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained …
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of …
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that …