Psalms 49:6

American Standard Version (1901)

They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 52:7 : 7 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.
  • Mark 10:24 : 24 And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
  • Esth 5:11 : 11 And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
  • Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence; 25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart [thereon] .
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
  • Prov 11:28 : 28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
  • Ezek 28:4-5 : 4 by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures; 5 by thy great wisdom [and] by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches;--
  • Hos 12:8 : 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 52:6-7
    2 verses
    79%

    6The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him, [saying] ,

    7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • Ps 62:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.

    10Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart [thereon] .

  • 28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

  • 17Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

  • 6Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.

  • 9But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

  • 11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own imagination.

  • 16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

    8The ransom of a man's life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.

  • 7None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;

  • 4Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

  • 6The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly] .

  • 17and [lest] thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.

  • 5Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?

  • 15The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • 12Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.

  • 11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

  • 23Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;

  • Ps 73:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

    7Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.

  • Prov 23:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

    5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

  • 16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.

  • 22he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

  • Job 31:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;

    25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

  • 13They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.

  • 19Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?

  • 13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

  • 6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.

  • 25He that is of a greedy spirit stirreth up strife; But he that putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

    11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes?

  • 10They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.

  • 4Wealth addeth many friends; But the poor is separated from his friend.

  • 21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  • 6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges! [

  • 20A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

  • 11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true [riches] ?

  • 19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it hath been the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

  • 4Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.

  • 6Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.

  • 5by thy great wisdom [and] by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches;--

  • 9And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:

  • 8They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.

  • 11Their inward thought is, [that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [And] their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

  • 8He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.