Psalms 73:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Truly, such are the sinners; they do well at all times, and their wealth is increased.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 52:7 : 7 See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.
  • Jer 5:17 : 17 They will take all the produce of your fields, which would have been food for your sons and your daughters: they will take your flocks and your herds: they will take all your vines and your fig-trees: and with the sword they will make waste your walled towns in which you put your faith.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.
  • Jer 12:1-2 : 1 You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort? 2 They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.
  • Hos 12:7-8 : 7 So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God. 8 As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
  • Luke 16:19 : 19 Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.
  • Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you. 2 Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing. 3 Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.
  • Ps 37:35 : 35 I have seen the evil-doer in great power, covering the earth like a great tree.
  • Ps 49:6 : 6 Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

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  • Ps 73:3-8
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    77%

    3 Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers.

    4 For they have no pain; their bodies are fat and strong.

    5 They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men.

    6 For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe.

    7 Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.

    8 Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

  • Job 12:6
    77%

    6 There is wealth in the tents of those who make destruction, and those by whom God is moved to wrath are safe; even those whose god is their strength.

  • Ps 52:6-7
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    76%

    6 The upright will see it with fear, and will say, laughing at you:

    7 See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

  • Ps 73:11
    75%

    11 And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?

  • Job 21:7
    73%

    7 Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power?

  • Jer 12:1
    72%

    1 You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

  • Ps 49:6
    72%

    6 Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

  • Job 21:16
    72%

    16 Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)

  • Ps 1:4-6
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    4 The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.

    5 For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

    6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Job 18:21
    71%

    21 Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.

  • Jer 5:28
    71%

    28 They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

  • Mal 3:15
    71%

    15 And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.

  • Prov 11:31
    71%

    31 If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

  • Ps 10:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.

    3 For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

  • Job 21:13
    71%

    13 Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.

  • Prov 28:28
    71%

    28 When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.

  • Job 22:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18 Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!

    19 The upright saw it and were glad: and those who had done no wrong made sport of them,

  • Prov 13:7
    71%

    7 A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

  • Ps 73:13
    71%

    13 As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;

  • Ps 12:8
    70%

    8 The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.

  • Ps 92:7
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    7 When the sinners come up like the grass, and all the workers of evil do well for themselves, it is so that their end may be eternal destruction.

  • Prov 21:12
    70%

    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Eccl 5:13
    70%

    13 And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

  • Eccl 5:11
    70%

    11 The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
    70%

    17 Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

  • Ps 112:10
    70%

    10 The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

  • Prov 11:4
    70%

    4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

  • Job 27:13
    70%

    13 This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.

  • Ps 112:3
    70%

    3 A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.

  • Ps 62:10
    70%

    10 Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

  • Eccl 7:15
    69%

    15 These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

  • Ps 37:10
    69%

    10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

  • Ps 39:6
    69%

    6 Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

  • Prov 12:7
    69%

    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Job 34:8
    69%

    8 And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners?

  • Eccl 8:13
    69%

    13 But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

  • Ps 69:27
    69%

    27 Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into your righteousness.

  • Ps 36:1
    69%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord. Of David.> The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

  • Prov 28:12
    68%

    12 When the upright do well, there is great glory; but when evil-doers are lifted up, men do not let themselves be seen.

  • Ps 37:35
    68%

    35 I have seen the evil-doer in great power, covering the earth like a great tree.