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Psalm 36:1

For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of the LORD. A revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

1For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of the LORD. A revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.
3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
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“There is no fear of God” names the absence behind the wicked person’s disobedience, exposing how disregard for God shapes conduct.

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Romans 3:18“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”Romans repeats the psalm’s description of absent fear of God, changing the singular person to a plural group.
Psalm 54:3For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven’t set God before them. Selah.Both describe wrongdoing alongside disregard for God; Psalm 54 names violent attackers who have not set God before them.
Psalm 18:1For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of …Both headings name David as the LORD’s servant, though Psalm 18 opens with love and deliverance rather than a description of disobedience.
Proverbs 16:6By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.Both connect the fear of God with conduct: its absence accompanies disobedience, while its presence leads people away from evil.
Jeremiah 2:19“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken …Both connect wickedness with an absence of fear of God; Jeremiah also names the bitterness of forsaking him.
Deuteronomy 25:18how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.Both describe wrongdoing without fear of God; Deuteronomy names the concrete cruelty of attacking people who were weak and weary.
Acts 8:21You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God.The shared concern is a person’s standing before God: David names absent fear, while Acts names a heart that is not right.
Jeremiah 36:24The king and his servants who heard all these words were not afraid, and didn’t tear their garments.Both describe an absence of fear, though Jeremiah reports a response to heard words and Psalm 36 names disregard for God.
Job 1:8The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and …Both connect fear of God with moral conduct, contrasting the wicked person’s disobedience with Job’s turning away from evil.
Psalm 143:12In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, for I am your servant.Both identify the speaker as God’s servant; Psalm 36 describes the wicked, while Psalm 143 asks God to destroy the speaker’s enemies.
Titus 1:16They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.Both link disobedience with disregard for God; Titus describes deeds that deny a professed knowledge of him.
Matthew 12:33–34“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.Both address moral character: David describes disobedience without fear of God, while Jesus speaks of trees known by their fruit.
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Encouragement

God’s authority deserves your attention even when this warning is hard to read. David connects the wicked person’s disobedience with a life without fear of God.

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