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 Do not trust in nobles,
in man, who cannot save.
in man, who cannot save.
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the Lord says:
The man who trusts in mankind,
who makes human flesh his strength
and turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.
who makes human flesh his strength
and turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.
Strengthened
Psalm 73:7 Their eyes bulge out from fatness;
the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; there is no furlough in battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.
Hosea 12:7 A merchant loves to extort
with dishonest scales in his hands.
with dishonest scales in his hands.
General references
Job 31:24 If I placed my confidence in gold
or called fine gold my trust,
or called fine gold my trust,
Proverbs 18:11 A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.
in his imagination it is like a high wall.
James 4:16
But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.