Psalms 10:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.”
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“In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.”
King James Version · Public Domain“In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 10:2 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 9:17Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.
- Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
- Psalms 7:16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Psalms 31:18May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
- Psalms 36:11Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
- Psalms 59:12By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
- Psalms 109:16For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
- Psalms 119:5Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
- Psalms 119:69Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
- Psalms 119:85The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
- Psalms 119:122Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
- Psalms 140:5The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
- Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Isaiah 10:12So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
- Isaiah 14:13You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
- Isaiah 14:16Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,
- Jeremiah 43:2Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
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