Psalms 36:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

Psalms 36:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 29:19
And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
Psalms 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Psalms 49:18
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
1 Samuel 15:18-24
And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed. …
Romans 7:9
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

Topics

Confidence Deceit Deception Falsehood Flattery Speaking Wicked (people)

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-4)

David, in the title of this psalm, is styled the servant of the Lord; why in this, and not in any other, except in Ps. 18:1 (title), no reason can be given; but so he was, not only as every good man is God’s servant, but as a king, as a prophet, as one employed in serving the interests of God’s kingdom among men more immediately and more eminently than any other in his day. He glories in it, Ps. 1…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2-4. This reflection detailed. until his iniquity--literally, “for finding his iniquity for hating”; that is, he persuades himself God will not so find it--“for hating” involving the idea of punishing. Hence his words of iniquity and deceit, and his bold rejection of all right principles of conduct. The climax is that he deliberately adopts and patronizes evil. The negative forms affirm more empha…