Psalms 10:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors.

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  • Ps 94:4 : 4 How long shall they utter and speak arrogant things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
  • Ps 49:6 : 6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
  • Ps 49:11-13 : 11 Their inward thought is that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. 12 Nevertheless, man being in honor abides not: he is like the beasts that perish. 13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
  • Ps 49:18 : 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 Why do you boast in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.
  • Ps 73:8-9 : 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly of oppression; they speak loftily. 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
  • Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
  • Lev 26:30 : 30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
  • Deut 29:19 : 19 And it comes to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
  • Deut 32:19 : 19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
  • 1 Sam 23:21 : 21 And Saul said, Blessed be you of the LORD; for you have compassion on me.
  • Job 31:24 : 24 If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'
  • Ps 5:6 : 6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; the LORD will abhor the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
  • Ps 35:21 : 21 Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.
  • Prov 28:4 : 4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.
  • Isa 10:7-9 : 7 Yet he does not mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off not a few nations. 8 For he says, Are not my princes altogether kings? 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? 10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose carved images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, also do to Jerusalem and her idols?
  • Isa 37:23 : 23 Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 57:17 : 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and struck him; I hid myself and was angry, and he went on stubbornly in the way of his heart.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But your eyes and your heart are set only on your covetousness, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression, and on violence, to do it.
  • Hos 12:7-8 : 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress. 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.
  • Mic 6:10-12 : 10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights? 12 For the rich men there are full of violence, the inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
  • Hab 2:9 : 9 Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
  • Zech 11:5-8 : 5 Whose owners slay them and hold themselves not guilty. And those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.' And their own shepherds do not pity them. 6 For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land, says the LORD. But behold, I will deliver every man into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king. They shall strike the land, and I will not deliver them out of their hand. 7 So I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. I took to myself two staffs: one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock. 8 I also cut off three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
  • Matt 26:15-16 : 15 And said to them, What will you give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they agreed with him for thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry.
  • Luke 16:14-15 : 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they ridiculed him. 15 And he said to them, You are the ones who justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for what is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
  • Rom 1:29 : 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 Who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.
  • 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Eph 5:5 : 5 For this you know, that no sexually immoral, unclean, or greedy person, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
  • Col 3:5 : 5 Therefore, put to death your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • 2 Tim 3:2-4 : 2 For people will be lovers of themselves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those who are good, 4 Traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
  • Jas 4:13 : 13 Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city and spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit;
  • Jas 4:16 : 16 But now you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.
  • 1 John 2:15 : 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be caught in the devices they have imagined.

  • 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God; God is not in all his thoughts.

  • 13 Why does the wicked despise God? He has said in his heart, You will not require it.

  • 10 The wicked shall see it and be grieved; he shall gnash his teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  • Ps 36:1-4
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    1 The transgression of the wicked speaks within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

    2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity is found to be hateful.

    3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

    4 He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.

  • 10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

  • Prov 3:32-33
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    32 For the perverse person is an abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

    33 The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked: but he blesses the dwelling of the just.

  • 20 Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the upright in their way are His delight.

  • 26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

  • Prov 15:8-9
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    8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

    9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

  • 14 Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perversity of the wicked;

  • 3 For I was envious of the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • 3 Is it good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

  • 23 The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • 9 Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

  • 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  • Ps 73:7-8
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    7 Their eyes bulge with abundance; they have more than heart could wish.

    8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly of oppression; they speak loftily.

  • 15 And now we call the proud blessed; yes, those who do wickedness are raised up; yes, those who test God go free.

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    26 He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

    27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with an evil intent?

  • 5 Everyone that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though they join hand in hand, they shall not go unpunished.

  • 7 Look, this is the man that did not make God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • 23 A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • 12 The wicked plot against the just and gnash at him with their teeth.

  • 8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further his wicked scheme, lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

  • 24 He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; him the people shall curse, nations shall abhor him.

  • 18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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    6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; the LORD will abhor the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

  • 3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

  • 16 But to the wicked God says, What right do you have to declare My statutes, or to take My covenant in your mouth?

  • 3 When the wicked comes, contempt also comes, and with dishonor, reproach.

  • 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

  • 4 A proud look, a haughty heart, and the plowing of the wicked are sin.

  • 32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

  • 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

  • 7 The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • 24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him, but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

  • 2 For their hearts plot destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • 16 These six things the LORD hates: yes, seven are an abomination to him:

  • 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; as he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him.

  • 5 A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

  • 3 The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • 15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

  • 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.