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.
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Strengthened
General references
Bible References
Made
Psalm 146:3
Do not put your trust in princes, nor in the son of man in whom there is no salvation.
Jeremiah 17:5
So says Jehovah, Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Jehovah.
Strengthened
Psalm 73:7
Their eyes stand out with fatness; they have more than the heart could imagine.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man who has power over the spirit to keep the spirit; nor power in the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war; nor shall wickedness deliver its owners.
Hosea 12:7
He is a merchant; the scales of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.
General references
Job 31:24
If I have made gold my hope, or have called fine gold my trust;
Proverbs 18:11
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own mind.
James 4:16
But now you boast in your presumptions. All such boasting is evil.