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
Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
Strengthened
Psalm 73:7
Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.
Hosea 12:7
A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud.
General references
Job 31:24
"If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'
Proverbs 18:11
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
James 4:16
But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.