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 princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD.
Strengthened
Psalm 73:7
Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
No man has power to retain the spirit, or power over the day of death. There is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.
Hosea 12:7
A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.
General references
Job 31:24
"If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence,
Proverbs 18:11
A rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his imagination.
James 4:16
As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.