Psalm 10:3

A Prayer For God To Throw Down The Wicked

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In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised. ³ 
For the wicked boasts and sings the praises of his heart’s desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns [and even despises] the Lord.
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The wicked, in the haughtiness of his face, will not seek nor inquire for Him;
All his thoughts are, “There is no God [so there is no accountability or punishment].”

From the Lord

Greedy for Gain

Lawless One

Lifted Up

Away From The Lord

Jehovah

Psalm 94:4

They pour out words, speaking arrogant things;
All who do evil boast proudly.

Psalm 49:6

Even those who trust in and rely on their wealth
And boast of the abundance of their riches?

Exodus 15:9

“The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied against them;
I will draw my sword, my hand shall dispossess them and drive them out.’

Leviticus 26:30

I will destroy your high places [devoted to idolatrous worship], and cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies upon the [crushed] bodies of your idols, and My soul will detest you [with deep and unutterable loathing].

Deuteronomy 29:19

It will happen that when he (a renegade) hears the words of this oath, and he imagines himself as blessed, saying, ‘I will have peace and safety even though I walk within the stubbornness of my heart [rejecting God and His law], in order that the watered land dwindles away along with the dry [destroying everything],’

Deuteronomy 32:19

“The Lord saw it, and rejected them,
Out of indignation with His sons and His daughters.

1 Samuel 23:21

Saul said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, because you have had compassion on me.

Job 31:24

“If I have put my trust and confidence in gold,
Or have declared fine gold my hope and assurance,

Psalm 5:6

You destroy those who tell lies;
The Lord detests and rejects the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Psalm 35:21

They open their mouths wide against me;
They say, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”

Psalm 49:11-13

Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever,
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have named their lands after their own names [ignoring God].

Psalm 49:18

Though while he lives he counts himself happy and prosperous—
And though people praise you when you do well for yourself—

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

Psalm 73:8-9

They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak loftily [with malice].

Proverbs 28:4

Those who set aside the law [of God and man] praise the wicked,
But those who keep the law [of God and man] struggle with them.

Isaiah 10:7-11

Yet it is not Assyria’s intention [to do My will],
Nor does it plan so in its heart,
But instead it is its purpose to destroy
And to cut off many nations.

Isaiah 37:23

“Whom have you taunted and blasphemed?
And against whom have you raised your voice
And haughtily lifted up your eyes?
Against the Holy One of Israel!

Isaiah 57:17

“Because of the wickedness of his unjust gain I was angry and struck him;
I hid My face and was angry,
And he went on turning away and backsliding, in the way of his [own willful] heart.

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and your heart
Are only intent on your own dishonest gain,
On shedding innocent blood,
On oppression and extortion and violence.”

Hosea 12:7-8

A merchant, in whose hand are false and fraudulent balances;
He loves to oppress and exploit.

Micah 6:10-12

“Are there not still treasures gained by wickedness
In the house of the wicked,
And a short (inaccurate) measure [for grain] that is cursed?

Habakkuk 2:9

“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who obtains wicked gain for his house [and thinks by so doing]
To set his nest on high,
That he may be rescued from the hand of evil.

Zechariah 11:5-8

whose buyers slay them and go unpunished, and those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I have become rich!’ And their own shepherds have no pity on them nor protect them [from the wolves].

Matthew 26:15-16

and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Jesus over to you?” And they weighed out thirty pieces of silver.

Luke 12:15

Then He said to them, “Watch out and guard yourselves against every form of greed; for not even when one has an overflowing abundance does his life consist of nor is it derived from his possessions.”

Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many good things stored up, [enough] for many years; rest and relax, eat, drink and be merry (celebrate continually).”’

Luke 16:14-15

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were sneering and ridiculing Him.

Romans 1:29

until they were filled (permeated, saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice and mean-spiritedness. They are gossips [spreading rumors],

Romans 1:32

Although they know God’s righteous decree and His judgment, that those who do such things deserve death, yet they not only do them, but they even [enthusiastically] approve and tolerate others who practice them.

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers [whose words are used as weapons to abuse, insult, humiliate, intimidate, or slander], nor swindlers will inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:5

For be sure of this: no immoral, impure, or greedy person—for that one is [in effect] an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God [for such a person places a higher value on something other than God].

Colossians 3:5

So put to death and deprive of power the evil longings of your earthly body [with its sensual, self-centered instincts] immorality, impurity, sinful passion, evil desire, and greed, which is [a kind of] idolatry [because it replaces your devotion to God].

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But those who [are not financially ethical and] crave to get rich [with a compulsive, greedy longing for wealth] fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction [leading to personal misery].

2 Timothy 3:2-4

For people will be lovers of self [narcissistic, self-focused], lovers of money [impelled by greed], boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane,

James 4:13

Come now [and pay attention to this], you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and carry on our business and make a profit.”

James 4:16

But as it is, you boast [vainly] in your pretension and arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

1 John 2:15

Do not love the world [of sin that opposes God and His precepts], nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.