Psalm 78:37 {77:37}
Good News Translation
They were not loyal to him; they were not faithful to their covenant with him.

New Revised Standard Version
Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not true to his covenant.

Contemporary English Version
they were unfaithful and broke their promises.

New American Bible
Their hearts were not constant toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But their heart was not right with him: nor were they counted faithful in his covenant.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But their heart was not right with him: nor were they counted faithful in his covenant.

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Psalm 119:80 Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.

Hosea 7:14,16 And they have not cried to me with their heart, but they howled in their beds: they have thought upon wheat and wine, they are departed from me. . . .

Hosea 10:2 Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars.

Acts 8:21 Thou hast no part nor lot in this matter. For thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

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Psalm 78:8 That they may not become like their fathers, a perverse and exasperating generation. A generation that set not their heart aright: and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Psalm 44:17,18 At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me: at the face of the enemy and persecutor. . . .

Deuteronomy 31:20 For I will bring them into the land, for which I swore to their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey. And when they have eaten, and are full and fat, they will turn away after strange gods, and will serve them: and will despise me, and make void my covenant.

Hosea 8:1 Let there be a trumpet in thy throat like an eagle upon the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and have violated my law.

Context
I Will Open My Mouth in Parables
36And they loved him with their mouth: and with their tongue they lied unto him: 37But their heart was not right with him: nor were they counted faithful in his covenant.38But he is merciful, and will forgive their sins: and will not destroy them. And many a time did he turn away his anger: and did not kindle all his wrath.…
Cross References
Acts 8:21
Thou hast no part nor lot in this matter. For thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

Psalm 51:10
Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels.

Psalm 78:8
That they may not become like their fathers, a perverse and exasperating generation. A generation that set not their heart aright: and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Ezekiel 33:31
And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.

Psalm 78:36
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