Psalms 10:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks,“God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 53:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the machalath style; a well-written song by David. Fools say to themselves,“There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.
  • Ps 101:5 : 5 I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret. I will not tolerate anyone who has a haughty demeanor and an arrogant attitude.
  • Prov 6:17 : 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
  • Prov 21:4 : 4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart– what the wicked cultivate is sin.
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say,“Who is the LORD?” Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.
  • Prov 30:13 : 13 There is a generation whose eyes are so lofty, and whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully.
  • Isa 2:11 : 11 Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
  • Isa 3:9 : 9 The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Woe to them! For they bring disaster on themselves.
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.
  • Isa 65:2 : 2 I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired.
  • Jer 2:31 : 31 You people of this generation, listen to the LORD’s message.“Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say,‘We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?’
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 “Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?
  • Dan 5:22-23 : 22 “But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, although you knew all this. 23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone– gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways!
  • Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek the LORD’s favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the LORD’s angry judgment.
  • Mark 7:21 : 21 For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
  • Acts 8:22 : 22 Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart.
  • Rom 1:21 : 21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.
  • Eph 2:12 : 12 that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 But the LORD saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.
  • Exod 5:2 : 2 But Pharaoh said,“Who is the LORD that I should obey him by releasing Israel? I do not know the LORD, and I will not release Israel!”
  • Deut 8:14 : 14 be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,
  • Job 22:17 : 17 They were saying to God,‘Turn away from us,’ and‘What can the Almighty do to us?’
  • Ps 14:1-2 : 1 For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves,“There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right. 2 The LORD looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.
  • Ps 18:27 : 27 For you deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look.
  • Ps 27:8 : 8 My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O LORD.
  • Ps 36:1 : 1 For the music director; written by the LORD’s servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,

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    11He says to himself,“God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices.”

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    10If the wicked are shown mercy, they do not learn about justice. Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; they do not see the LORD’s majesty revealed.

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    34It looks on every haughty being; it is king over all that are proud.”

  • Eccl 8:13
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    13But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

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    10The appetite of the wicked has desired evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.

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    8O LORD, do not let the wicked have their way! Do not allow their plan to succeed when they attack!(Selah)

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    29A wicked person has put on a bold face, but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

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    11there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God.

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    7Then they say,“The LORD does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”

  • Job 18:21
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    21‘Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.’”

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    4I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil.

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    10Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

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    5The LORD abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.

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    3Don’t keep speaking so arrogantly. Proud talk should not come out of your mouth! For the LORD is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do.

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    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

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    10The arrogance of Israel testifies against him, yet they refuse to return to the LORD their God! In spite of all this they refuse to seek him!

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    24A proud and arrogant person, whose name is“Scoffer,” acts with overbearing pride.

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    11Do not let arrogant men overtake me, or let evil men make me homeless!

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    9For he says,‘It does not profit a man when he makes his delight with God.’

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    18lest the LORD see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.

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    7But he does not agree with this, his mind does not reason this way, for his goal is to destroy, and to eliminate many nations.

  • Hos 5:4
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    4Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God; for a spirit of idolatry is in them, and they do not acknowledge the LORD.

  • Job 11:11
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    11For he knows deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it?

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    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

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    24Therefore people fear him, for he does not regard all the wise in heart.”

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    4But you even break off piety, and hinder meditation before God.

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    10When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

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    4Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.

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    11They sweep by like the wind and pass on. But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty.”