Psalms 73:6

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“Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.”

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BSBPD

“Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 73:6 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 41:42Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
  2. Deuteronomy 8:13and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,
  3. Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
  4. Judges 8:26The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.
  5. Esther 3:1After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
  6. Esther 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
  7. Esther 5:9That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.
  8. Job 21:7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
  9. Psalms 109:18The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
  10. Psalms 109:29May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
  11. Proverbs 1:9For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
  12. Proverbs 3:31Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
  13. Proverbs 4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
  14. Ecclesiastes 8:11When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
  15. Song of Solomon 4:9You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.
  16. Isaiah 3:19their pendants, bracelets, and veils;
  17. Jeremiah 48:11Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
  18. Jeremiah 48:29We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
  19. Ezekiel 16:11I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.
  20. Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
  21. Daniel 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
  22. Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
  23. Micah 3:5This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
  24. James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

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