Psalm 52:7

"Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others."

Job 31:24-25

"If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security!'

Psalm 49:6-20

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

Psalm 62:9-10

Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

Psalm 73:7-11

Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.

Psalm 73:18-20

Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

Psalm 146:3-5

Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!

Ecclesiastes 8:8

Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.

Isaiah 14:16-17

Those who see you stare at you, they look at you carefully, thinking: "Is this the man who shook the earth, the one who made kingdoms tremble?

Jeremiah 17:5

The Lord says, "I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord.

Hosea 12:7-8

The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.

John 19:5

So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Look, here is the man!"

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this world's goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

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, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!
Jeremiah 17:5
The Lord says, "I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord.

Strengthened

Psalm 73:7
Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.
Hosea 12:7
The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.

General references

Job 31:24
"If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security!'
Proverbs 18:11
The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.
James 4:16
But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

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