Psalm 53:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

{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.

Fool

Psalm 92:6

Matthew 5:22

Luke 12:20

Said

Psalm 10:4

1 Kings 12:26

Romans 1:21

Have done

There is

Romans 3:10

General references

Jeremiah 17:9

Bible References

Fool

A senseless man has no knowledge,
Nor does a stupid man understand this:

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before

the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the

fiery hell.

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night

your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’

Said

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to the house of David.

For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Have done

‘Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.

You shall not behave thus toward the Lord your God, for every abominable act which the Lord hates they have done for their gods; for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

Yet you have not merely walked in their ways or done according to their abominations; but, as if that were too little, you acted more corruptly in all your conduct than they.

for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.

For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles,

having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries.

There is

as it is written,
“There is none righteous, not even one;

General references

“The heart is more deceitful than all else
And is desperately sick;
Who can understand it?