Comparing scriptures with scripture (1 Corinthians 2:13)
Psalm 53 / Psalm 14
- 1 To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
- 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
- 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
- 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
- 3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
- 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
- 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
- 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
- 5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
- 5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
- 6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
- 6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
- 7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
Meditation Points:
- If God says it once, we should listen; if God says it twice, we should listen twice.
- Atheists are fools.
- One can be a “closet” fool who never declares his heart-felt conviction that there is no God.
- To live without consideration of God is foolish.
- Men may say that there is no God; God says that with men there is no good.
- Psalm 52 declares the same truth: men are sinful for trusting their riches and for living without God.
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