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Psalms 119:21

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

KJV

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.

ASV

גָּ֭עַרְתָּ זֵדִ֣ים אֲרוּרִ֑ים הַ֝/שֹּׁגִים מִ/מִּצְוֺתֶֽי/ךָ

Hebrew

Thou hast rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Thy commands.

YLT

You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶשְׁגֶּ֖ה
'shgh
verb · 21×
אָר֣וּר
'rvr
verb · 63×
ו
v
noun · 183×
זֵדִ֑ים
zdym
adjective · 12×
יִּגְעַר
yg'r
verb · 14×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 5:5 — Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
  • Deut 27:26 — Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Deut 28:15 — But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shal
  • Deut 30:19 — I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
  • Exod 18:11 — Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
  • Jer 44:28 — Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know w
  • Luke 14:11 — For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
  • Luke 18:14 — I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
  • Mal 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i
  • Matt 25:41 — Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
  • Ps 37:22 — For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
  • Ps 40:4 — Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
  • Ps 119:10 — With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
  • Ps 119:10 — With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
  • Ps 119:78 — Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
  • Ps 119:110 — The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
  • Ps 119:110 — The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
  • Ps 119:118 — Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
  • Ps 119:118 — Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
  • Ps 119:122 — Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.