Psalm 36:4

Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data

"He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil."

Word-by-Word Analysis

He

חָשַׁב

châshab

H2803

properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...

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עָמָל

ʻâmâl

H5999

toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind

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upon his

מִשְׁכָּב

mishkâb

H4904

a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse

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he

נָשָׂא

nâsâʼ

H5375

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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in a

דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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that is not

טוֹב

ṭôwb

H2896

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...

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he

זָהַם

zâham

H2092

to be rancid, i.e. (transitively) to loathe

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not

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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Key Terms in This Verse

abhorreth H2092

זָהַם zâham

to be rancid, i.e. (transitively) to loathe

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deviseth H2803

חָשַׁב châshab

properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...

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setteth H5375

נָשָׂא nâsâʼ

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

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mischief H5999

עָמָל ʻâmâl

toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind

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bed H4904

מִשְׁכָּב mishkâb

a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse

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himself H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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evil H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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way H1870

דֶּרֶךְ derek

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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good H2896

טוֹב ṭôwb

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...

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Cross References

Micah 2:1 cross-reference

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Proverbs 4:16 cross-reference

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Romans 12:9 cross-reference

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Isaiah 65:2 cross-reference

I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

Matthew 27:1 cross-reference

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

Revelation 2:2 cross-reference

I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

Psalm 97:10 cross-reference

Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

Acts 23:12 cross-reference

And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Amos 5:15 cross-reference

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Micah 6:8 cross-reference

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Romans 1:32 cross-reference

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Proverbs 24:23 cross-reference

These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

1 Samuel 19:11 cross-reference

Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.

Job 15:16 cross-reference

How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

Esther 6:4 cross-reference

And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

Psalm 38:12 cross-reference

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

Psalm 52:3 cross-reference

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

Jeremiah 8:6 cross-reference

I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

Esther 5:14 cross-reference

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily ...

Jeremiah 6:16 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

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