Psalm 50:16
To the wicked, however, God says, "What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
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wicked

Isaiah 48:22
"There is no peace, " says the LORD, "for the wicked."

Isaiah 55:6, 7
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. . . .

Ezekiel 18:27
But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.

What

Proverbs 26:7
Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Isaiah 1:11-15
"What is your multitude of sacrifices to Me?" says the LORD. "I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls, of lambs and goats. . . .

Isaiah 48:1, 2
Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel--but not in truth or righteousness-- . . .

Isaiah 58:1-7
"Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins. . . .

Jeremiah 7:4-7
Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting, "This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD." . . .

Matthew 7:3-5, 22, 23
Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? . . .

John 4:24
God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth."

Acts 19:13-16
Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, "I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims." . . .

Romans 2:17-24
Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the Law and boast in God; . . .

1 Corinthians 9:27
No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

2 Peter 2:15
They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

thou shouldest

Psalm 25:14
The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.

Psalm 78:36-38
But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues. . . .

Ezekiel 20:37, 38
I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant. . . .

Hebrews 8:9
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But to the wicked God says, "What right have you to tell of My statutes And to take My covenant in your mouth?

King James Bible
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?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But God says to the wicked:" What right do you have to recite My statutes and to take My covenant on your lips?

International Standard Version
As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips!

NET Bible
God says this to the evildoer: "How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
God says to the sinner, “What business do you have with The Books of my Commandments, that you have taken my Covenant in your mouth?”
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