Psalm 73:7

God's Ways Vindicated

⁶ Therefore pride is their necklace;
The garment of violence covers them.
⁷ Their eye bulges from fatness;
The imaginations of their heart run riot.
⁸ They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak from on high.

Sin

Job 15:27

“For he has covered his face with his fat
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.

Psalm 17:10

They have closed their unfeeling heart,
With their mouth they speak proudly.

Jeremiah 5:28

‘They are fat, they are sleek,
They also excel in deeds of wickedness;
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the orphan, that they may prosper;
And they do not defend the rights of the poor.

1 Samuel 25:2

Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very rich, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And it came about while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel

1 Samuel 25:36

Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything at all until the morning light.

Psalm 17:14

From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world, whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And leave their abundance to their babes.

Psalm 73:12

Behold, these are the wicked;
And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.

Psalm 119:70

Their heart is covered with fat,
But I delight in Your law.

Isaiah 3:9

The expression of their faces bears witness against them,
And they display their sin like Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to them!
For they have brought evil on themselves.

Ezekiel 16:49

Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy.

Luke 12:16-19

And He told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man was very productive.