KJV King James Version
O ye sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek after leasing? Selah.
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Psalm 4:2
O ye sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek after leasing? Selah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
WEB World English Bible
You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
ASV American Standard Version
O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? How long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? [Selah
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Sons of men! till when is my glory for shame? Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah.
Surrounding context — Psalm 4
1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me [when I was] in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
2 O ye sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek after leasing? Selah.
3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
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Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?Hosea 4:7As they were increased, so they sinned against me: [therefore] will I change their glory into shame.Psalm 3:3But thou, O LORD, [art] a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.Jeremiah 2:11Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit.Psalm 5:6Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.Psalm 106:20Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.Ephesians 4:25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.1 Samuel 12:21And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after vain [things], which cannot profit nor deliver; for they [are] vain.Psalm 14:6Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD [is] his refuge.Psalm 31:6I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.Psalm 58:1To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?Psalm 63:11But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.Psalm 2:1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?Psalm 58:3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.Jeremiah 9:3And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.Isaiah 45:17[But] Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.Jonah 2:8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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