KJV King James Version
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
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Psalm 50:18
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
WEB World English Bible
When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
ASV American Standard Version
When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers is thy portion.
Surrounding context — Psalm 50
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or [that] thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
21 These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
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Romans 1:32Who 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.1 Timothy 5:22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.Hebrews 13:4Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.Job 31:9-11If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;Proverbs 1:10-19My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.Leviticus 20:10And the man that committeth adultery with [another] man’s wife, [even he] that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.Proverbs 2:16-19To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;Matthew 23:30And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.Micah 7:3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.Jeremiah 5:8-9They were [as] fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.Proverbs 7:19-23For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:Ephesians 5:11-13And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].Isaiah 5:23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
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