Psalms 73:12

American Standard Version (1901)

Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in 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.
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart [thereon] .
  • Jer 5:17 : 17 And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
  • Jer 12:1-2 : 1 Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously? 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their heart.
  • Hos 12:7-8 : 7 [He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 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.
  • Luke 16:19 : 19 Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:
  • Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days.
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in [this] life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
  • Ps 37:35 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
  • Ps 49:6 : 6 They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 73:3-8
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    3For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

    4For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.

    5They are not in trouble as [other] men; Neither are they plagued like [other] men.

    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.

    8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

  • Job 12:6
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    6The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly] .

  • Ps 52:6-7
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    76%

    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 73:11
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    11And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

  • Job 21:7
    73%

    7Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?

  • Jer 12:1
    72%

    1Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

  • Ps 49:6
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    6They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

  • Job 21:16
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    16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Ps 1:4-6
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    4The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

    5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

    6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.

  • Job 18:21
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    21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

  • Jer 5:28
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    28They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

  • Mal 3:15
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    15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: How much more the wicked and the sinner!

  • Ps 10:2-3
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    2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.

  • Job 21:13
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    13They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.

  • Prov 28:28
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    28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • Job 22:18-19
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    18Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

    19The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

  • Prov 13:7
    71%

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

  • Ps 73:13
    71%

    13Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

  • Ps 12:8
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    8The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

  • Ps 92:7
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    7When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

  • Eccl 5:11
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    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?

  • 1 Tim 6:17
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    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;

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: The desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Prov 11:4
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    4Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.

  • Job 27:13
    70%

    13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:

  • Ps 112:3
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    3Wealth and riches are in his house; And his righteousness endureth for ever.

  • Ps 62:10
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    10Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart [thereon] .

  • Eccl 7:15
    69%

    15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth [his life] in his evil-doing.

  • Ps 37:10
    69%

    10For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

  • Ps 39:6
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    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.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Job 34:8
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    8Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

  • Ps 69:27
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    27Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.

  • Ps 36:1
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    1[For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah]. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.

  • Prov 28:12
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    12When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

  • Ps 37:35
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    35I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.