Psalms 73:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Job 15:27 : 27 Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick;
  • Ps 17:10 : 10 They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.
  • 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.
  • Ezek 16:49 : 49 Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.
  • Luke 12:16-19 : 16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile: 17 And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit. 18 And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.
  • 1 Sam 25:2 : 2 Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; he was a great man and had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats: and he was cutting the wool of his sheep in Carmel.
  • 1 Sam 25:36 : 36 And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came.
  • 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 73:12 : 12 Truly, such are the sinners; they do well at all times, and their wealth is increased.
  • Ps 119:70 : 70 Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is in your law.
  • Isa 3:9 : 9 Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 17:10-11
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    10They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.

    11They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;

  • Ps 73:5-6
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    80%

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

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

  • Ps 73:8-9
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    8Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.

    9Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.

  • Job 15:27
    76%

    27Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick;

  • Ps 119:70
    75%

    70Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is in your law.

  • Prov 30:13
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    13There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!

  • Jer 5:27-28
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    74%

    27As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.

    28They 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.

  • Isa 3:9
    72%

    9Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

  • Ps 10:3
    72%

    3For 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.

  • Ps 69:23-24
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    72%

    23Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.

    24Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.

  • Hos 7:2-3
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    72%

    2And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.

    3In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit.

  • Ps 73:3
    71%

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

  • Ps 78:30
    71%

    30But they were not turned from their desires; and while the food was still in their mouths,

  • Mark 7:22
    71%

    22The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:

  • Ps 59:7
    71%

    7See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?

  • 2 Pet 2:14
    71%

    14Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;

  • Hos 4:8
    71%

    8The sin of my people is like food to them; and their desire is for their wrongdoing.

  • Ps 73:12
    71%

    12Truly, such are the sinners; they do well at all times, and their wealth is increased.

  • Ps 49:6
    71%

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

  • Prov 24:2
    71%

    2For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

  • Hos 13:6
    70%

    6When I gave them food they were full, and their hearts were full of pride, and they did not keep me in mind.

  • Mic 7:3
    70%

    3Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

  • Mic 6:12
    70%

    12For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.

  • Lam 4:8
    70%

    8Their face is blacker than night; in the streets no one has knowledge of them: their skin is hanging on their bones, they are dry, they have become like wood.

  • Job 15:12
    70%

    12Why is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up;

  • Rom 11:10
    70%

    10Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.

  • Jer 22:17
    70%

    17But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.

  • Isa 56:11
    70%

    11Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same.

  • Ps 115:5
    70%

    5They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not;

  • Rom 3:15
    70%

    15Their feet are quick in running after blood;

  • Ps 36:1-2
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    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.

    2For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.

  • Ps 22:13
    69%

    13I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food.

  • Prov 23:6
    69%

    6Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

  • Ps 52:7
    69%

    7See, 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 35:21
    69%

    21Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.

  • Job 15:35
    69%

    35Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.

  • Prov 6:17
    69%

    17Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

  • Eccl 5:11
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    11The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

  • Ps 135:16-17
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    16They have mouths, but no voice, they have eyes, but they do not see;

    17They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no breath in their mouths.

  • Ezek 7:19
    69%

    19They will put out their silver into the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the wrath of the Lord; they will not get their desire or have food for their need: because it has been the cause of their falling into sin.

  • Isa 5:14
    69%

    14For this cause the underworld has made wide its throat, opening its mouth without limit: and her glory, and the noise of her masses, and her loud-voiced feasters, will go down into it.