Psalm 52:7

“Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches
And was strong in his evil desire.”

Job 31:24-25

“If I have put my confidence in gold,
And called fine gold my trust,

Psalm 49:6-20

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

Psalm 62:9-10

Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie;
In the balances they go up;
They are together lighter than breath.

Psalm 73:7-11

Their eye bulges from fatness;
The imaginations of their heart run riot.

Psalm 73:18-20

Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.

Psalm 146:3-5

Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver those who practice it.

Isaiah 14:16-17

“Those who see you will gaze at you,
They will ponder over you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,

Jeremiah 17:5

Thus says the Lord,
Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes flesh his strength,
And whose heart turns away from the Lord.

Hosea 12:7-8

A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,
He loves to oppress.

John 19:5

Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate *said to them, “Behold, the Man!”

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

Made

Psalm 146:3
Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus says the Lord,
Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes flesh his strength,
And whose heart turns away from the Lord.

Strengthened

Psalm 73:7
Their eye bulges from fatness;
The imaginations of their heart run riot.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver those who practice it.
Hosea 12:7
A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,
He loves to oppress.

General references

Job 31:24
“If I have put my confidence in gold,
And called fine gold my trust,
Proverbs 18:11
A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own imagination.
James 4:16
But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.