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Their eye bulges from fatness [they have more than the heart desires];
The imaginations of their mind run riot [with foolishness].
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They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak loftily [with malice].
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They set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue swaggers through the earth.

Cross References

Jude 1:16

These people are [habitual] murmurers, griping and complaining, following after their own desires [controlled by passion]; they speak arrogantly, [pretending admiration and] flattering people to gain an advantage.

Exodus 1:9-10

He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are too many and too mighty for us [they greatly outnumber us].

1 Samuel 13:19

Now no blacksmith (metal-worker) could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears.”

1 Kings 21:7-29

Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now reign over Israel? Get up, eat food, and let your heart rejoice; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

Psalm 10:2

In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

Psalm 10:10-11

He crushes [his prey] and crouches;
And the unfortunate fall by his mighty claws.

Psalm 12:4-5

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord and master over us?”

Psalm 17:10

They have closed their unfeeling heart [to kindness and compassion];
With their mouths they speak proudly and make presumptuous claims.

Psalm 53:1-4

The [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt and evil, and have committed repulsive injustice;
There is no one who does good.

Proverbs 30:13-14

There is a generation (class of people)—oh, how lofty are their eyes!
And their eyelids are raised in arrogance.

Jeremiah 7:9-11

Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear [oaths] falsely, offer sacrifices or burn incense to Baal, and follow after other gods that you have not known,

Hosea 7:16

They turn, but they do not turn upward to the Most High.
They are like a poorly crafted bow [that misses the mark];
Their princes shall fall by the sword
Because of the insolence of their tongue.
This will be cause for their mockery and disdain in the land of Egypt.

2 Peter 2:10

and especially those who indulge in the corrupt passions of the sin nature, and despise authority.Presumptuous and reckless, self-willed and arrogant [creatures, despising the majesty of the Lord], they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties,

2 Peter 2:18

For uttering arrogant words of vanity [pompous words disguised to sound scholarly or profound, but meaning nothing and containing no spiritual truth], they beguile and lure using lustful desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error.

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