Psalms 52:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.””
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““Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 52:7 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 5:27At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.
- Job 31:24If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
- Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
- Psalms 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
- Psalms 73:7From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
- Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
- Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
- Proverbs 2:22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
- 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 17:5This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Hosea 12:7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
- John 19:5When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
- 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
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