Psalms 10:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.”
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“For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 10:3 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 15:9The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
- Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
- Deuteronomy 29:19because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
- Deuteronomy 32:19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
- Judges 17:2said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”
- 1 Samuel 23:21“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
- 1 Kings 20:25And you must raise an army like the one you have lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight the Israelites on the plain, where we will surely prevail.” And the king approved their plan and acted accordingly.
- Job 31:24If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
- Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
- Psalms 35:21They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
- Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
- Psalms 49:11Their graves are their eternal homes— their dwellings for endless generations— even though their lands were their namesakes.
- Psalms 49:18Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul— and men praise you when you prosper—
- Psalms 52:1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
- Psalms 73:8They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
- Psalms 94:4They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
- Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
- Ecclesiastes 7:15In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
- Isaiah 10:7But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
- Isaiah 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
- Isaiah 57:17I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.
- Jeremiah 22:17“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
- Hosea 12:7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
- Micah 6:10Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
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