King James Version
Psalms 50:17 in the King James Version says “Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 50 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.”
Psalms 50:17 · KJV
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
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?
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. hast: Heb. thy portion was with
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. givest: Heb. sendest
KJV Study — Public Domain
“instruction”
H4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
“my words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“behind”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
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