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
Ye shall not trust in nobles: in the son of man, to him no salvation.
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus said Jehovah: Cursed the man who shall trust in man, and set flesh his arm, and shall turn away his heart from Jehovah.

Strengthened

Psalm 73:7
Their eye will come forth from fat: they passed over the imaginations of the heart
Ecclesiastes 8:8
No man having power in spirit to restrain the spirit: and no power in the day of death: and no sending forth in war; and injustice shall not deliver its possessors.
Hosea 12:7
Canaan in his hand, the balances of deceit: he loved to oppress.

General references

Job 31:24
If I set gold my hope, and said to gold, My trust;
Proverbs 18:11
The rich one's wealth his strong city, and as a wall lifted up in his imagination.
James 4:16
And now ye boast in your arrogance: all such boasting is evil.