Psalms 49:6

World English Bible (2000)

Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches--

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 52:7 : 7 "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."
  • Mark 10:24 : 24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, "Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;
  • Esth 5:11 : 11 Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
  • Job 31:24-25 : 24 "If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;' 25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them.
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
  • Prov 11:28 : 28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches;
  • Ezek 28:4-5 : 4 by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures; 5 by your great wisdom [and] by your traffic you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches--
  • Hos 12:8 : 8 Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 52:6-7
    2 verses
    79%

    6 The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

    7 "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."

  • Ps 62:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9 Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

    10 Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them.

  • Prov 11:28
    77%

    28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
    76%

    17 Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

  • Ps 39:6
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    6 "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

  • Prov 18:11
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    11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

  • Ps 49:16
    74%

    16 Don't be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7 There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

    8 The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.

  • Ps 49:7
    73%

    7 none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

  • Ps 40:4
    73%

    4 Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

  • Job 12:6
    72%

    6 The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their God in their hands.

  • Deut 8:17
    72%

    17 and [lest] you say in your heart, "My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth."

  • Ps 49:5
    72%

    5 Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?

  • Prov 10:15
    72%

    15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Ps 73:12
    72%

    12 Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

  • Prov 28:11
    72%

    11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

  • Jer 9:23
    72%

    23 Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches;

  • Ps 73:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

    7 Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

  • Prov 23:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

    5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

  • Prov 22:16
    71%

    16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

  • Prov 28:22
    71%

    22 A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

  • Job 31:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24 "If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'

    25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

  • Job 21:13
    71%

    13 They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.

  • Job 36:19
    71%

    19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?

  • Eccl 5:13
    71%

    13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

  • Prov 28:6
    71%

    6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

  • Prov 28:25
    70%

    25 One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

    11 When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

  • Ps 17:10
    70%

    10 They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.

  • Prov 19:4
    70%

    4 Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.

  • Luke 12:21
    70%

    21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

  • Hab 2:6
    70%

    6 Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?'

  • Prov 28:20
    70%

    20 A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

  • Luke 16:11
    70%

    11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

  • Ezek 7:19
    70%

    19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Yahweh: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.

  • Prov 11:4
    70%

    4 Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Isa 46:6
    70%

    6 Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down--yes, they worship.

  • Ezek 28:5
    70%

    5 by your great wisdom [and] by your traffic you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches--

  • Luke 18:9
    70%

    9 He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.

  • Ps 115:8
    70%

    8 Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.

  • Ps 49:11
    70%

    11 Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

  • Prov 28:8
    70%

    8 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.