Psalm 50:20

Translations

Modern

You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

Traditional

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

Literal

You sit against your brother and speak; against the son of your mother you place fault.

Latin

Sedens adversus fratrem tuum loquebaris, et adversus filium matris tuæ ponebas scandalum.

Original

Hebrew

English

You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

Notes

Psalms 50:16–21

This message is against the wicked, who only pretend to listen to God.

Psalms 50:1–23

God appears as judge. He reminds both the godly and the ungodly that sacrifices and reciting the law are worthless without thankfulness, repentance, and justice.

Theme notes and profiles

Religious Hypocrisy

Related verses

Matthew 10:21
Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
Leviticus 19:16
You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
Proverbs 10:18
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
Psalm 31:18
May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
Revelation 12:10
And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.
Matthew 5:11
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
Luke 22:65
And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.
1 Timothy 3:11
In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
Titus 2:3
Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.

Glossary

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Topics

Falsehood: General Scriptures Concerning Gossip: Forbidden Slander: Evil People Addicted To Slander: The Nearest Relations Exposed To Slander: The Wicked Addicted To Slander: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Wicked (People): Described

Psalm 50:20

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