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Psalms 50:21
Psalms 50:21 is verse 21 of Psalms chapter 50, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
Or you thought the ‘I AM’ was
Literally and I set it in order before your eyes
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
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Psalms 50:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
20 You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
21 You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
22 Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23 He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 50:3Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
Psalms 109:1O God of my praise, be not silent.
Psalms 109:2For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
Psalms 109:3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
Ecclesiastes 8:11When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
Ecclesiastes 8:12Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
Isaiah 26:10Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.
Isaiah 57:11Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
Romans 2:4Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
2 Peter 3:9The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
Psalms 73:11The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
Psalms 94:7They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
Psalms 94:8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
Psalms 94:9He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
Psalms 94:10He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
Psalms 94:11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Isaiah 40:15Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
Isaiah 40:16Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.
Isaiah 40:17All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.
Isaiah 40:18To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
Exodus 3:14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
Psalms 50:8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
Amos 8:7The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.