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.
Made
Strengthened
General references
Bible References
Made
Psalm 146:3
Put not your trust in rulers, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus says LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from LORD.
Strengthened
Psalm 73:7
Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man who has power over the spirit to retain the spirit, nor has he power over the day of death. And there is no discharge in war. Neither shall wickedness deliver him who is given to it.
Hosea 12:7
[He is] a Canaanite. The balances of deceit are in his hand. He loves to oppress.
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Job 31:24
If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, [Thou are] my confidence;
Proverbs 18:11
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.
James 4:16
But now ye boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.