Psalm 78:37 “Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His cov…”

Psalm 78:37

Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

World English Bible

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.

American Standard Version

For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.

Geneva Bible 1599

For their heart was not vpright with him: neither were they faithfull in his couenant.

Darby Translation

For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

Young's Literal Translation

And their heart hath not been right with Him, And they have not been stedfast in His covenant.

Bible in Basic English

And their hearts were not right with him, and they did not keep their agreement with him.

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Cross references

“their heart”

Acts 8:21 Psalm 119:80 Hosea 7:14 Hosea 10:2 Hosea 7:16

Acts 8:21 · BSB

You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

Psalm 119:80 · BSB

May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

Hosea 7:14 · BSB

They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.

Hosea 10:2 · BSB

Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.

Hosea 7:16 · BSB

They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

“stedfast”

Psalm 78:8 Deuteronomy 31:20 Psalm 44:17 Psalm 44:18 Hosea 8:1

Psalm 78:8 · BSB

Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Deuteronomy 31:20 · BSB

When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will rejec…

Psalm 44:17 · BSB

All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.

Psalm 44:18 · BSB

Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.

Hosea 8:1 · BSB

Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

Also

Psalm 51:10

Psalm 51:10 · BSB

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

36But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.

38And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

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