Psalms 53:1

The fool denies God in his heart and lives corruptly, for no one naturally does good. It exposes the moral consequence of practical atheism.

Cross-references · 24

• Ps 10:4In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
• Ps 14:1–7For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
• Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
• Rom 3:10–31As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
• Rom 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
• Ps 10:13Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
• Job 15:16how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
• 1 Kgs 14:24There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
• Ps 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
• Lev 18:24–30Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
• Deut 12:31You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
• 1 Kgs 12:26Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.
• Job 14:4Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
• Eph 5:12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
• Gen 6:11–13Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
• Gen 6:5–6Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
• Matt 5:22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
• Rom 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
• 1 Pet 4:3For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
• Ps 10:6He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
• Ps 88:1A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
• Ps 92:6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
• Ezek 16:51Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.
• Ezek 16:47And you not only walked in their ways and practiced their abominations, but soon you were more depraved than they were.

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