⁷ Their eye bulges from fatness;
The imaginations of their heart run riot.
⁸ They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak from on high.
⁹ They have set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue parades through the earth.

Cross References

Jude 1:16

These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage.

Exodus 1:9-10

He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we.

1 Samuel 13:19

Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears.”

1 Kings 21:7-29

Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now reign over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be joyful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

Psalm 10:2

In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

Psalm 10:10-11

He crouches, he bows down,
And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones.

Psalm 12:4-5

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”

Psalm 17:10

They have closed their unfeeling heart,
With their mouth they speak proudly.

Psalm 53:1-4

For the choir director; according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David.
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God,”
They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice;
There is no one who does good.

Proverbs 30:13-14

There is a kind—oh how lofty are his eyes!
And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.

Jeremiah 7:9-11

Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known,

Hosea 7:16

They turn, but not upward,
They are like a deceitful bow;
Their princes will fall by the sword
Because of the insolence of their tongue.
This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

2 Peter 2:10

and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority.Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties,

2 Peter 2:18

For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error,

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