Psalm 10:3

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Summary

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

Boasteth

And blesseth, etc

Whom

Abhorreth

Psalm 5:6

Leviticus 26:30

Deuteronomy 32:19

General references

1 Samuel 23:21

Bible References

Boasteth

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endureth continually.

They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

And blesseth, etc

Their inward thought is, that their houses'shall continue for ever, And their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.

And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have had compassion on me.

If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.

He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Whom

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid my face and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?

Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.

And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

Abhorreth

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you.

And Jehovah saw it , and abhorred them , Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

General references

And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have had compassion on me.