Psalms 62:10

World English Bible (2000)

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

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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."
  • Isa 30:12 : 12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, "Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on it;
  • Isa 47:10 : 10 For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one sees me; your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you, and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 None sues in righteousness, and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
  • Isa 61:8 : 8 "For I, Yahweh, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
  • Jer 13:25 : 25 This is your lot, the portion measured to you from me, says Yahweh; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
  • Jer 17:11 : 11 As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
  • Ps 91:14 : 14 "Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
  • 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.
  • Isa 28:15 : 15 "Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won't come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.'"
  • Deut 6:10-12 : 10 It shall be, when Yahweh your God shall bring you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities, which you didn't build, 11 and houses full of all good things, which you didn't fill, and cisterns dug out, which you didn't dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you didn't plant, and you shall eat and be full; 12 then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
  • Deut 8:12-14 : 12 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein; 13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; 14 then your heart be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
  • Job 20:19 : 19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
  • Job 20:29 : 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God."
  • Job 27:16-23 : 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; 17 he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 18 He builds his house as the moth, as a booth which the watchman makes. 19 He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night. 21 The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place. 22 For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
  • 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 39:6 : 6 "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
  • Ps 49:6 : 6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches--
  • Mark 10:23 : 23 Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, "How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!"
  • Luke 12:15-21 : 15 He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses." 16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly. 17 He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?' 18 He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."' 20 "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?' 21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • 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;
  • Mark 8:36-37 : 36 For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? 37 For what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 49:6
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    6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches--

  • Ps 62:9
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    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.

  • Prov 23:4-5
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    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.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
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    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 52:7
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    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."

  • Prov 11:28
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    28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

  • Job 15:31
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    31 Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness shall be his reward.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22 A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

  • 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 6:17
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    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;

  • Job 36:18-19
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    72%

    18 Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

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

  • Ps 49:16
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    16 Don't be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.

  • Prov 5:10
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    10 lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house.

  • 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.

  • Prov 28:20
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    20 A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

  • Deut 8:17
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    17 and [lest] you say in your heart, "My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth."

  • Prov 22:22
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    22 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;

  • Ps 146:3
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    3 Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

  • Prov 3:31
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    31 Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

  • Prov 3:5
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    5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding.

  • Jer 9:23
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    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;

  • Prov 10:15
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    15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • 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.

  • Matt 6:19
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    19 "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

  • Prov 28:8
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    8 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

  • Prov 24:19
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    19 Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:

  • Ezek 28:5
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    5 by your great wisdom [and] by your traffic you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches--

  • Prov 11:4
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    4 Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 28:25
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    25 One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

  • Luke 12:21
    70%

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

  • Hab 2:9
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    9 Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

  • Job 31:25
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    25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

  • Ps 73:12
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    12 Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.

  • Luke 16:11
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    11 If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

  • Eccl 7:7
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    7 Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

  • Luke 12:15
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    15 He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

  • Prov 25:6
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    6 Don't exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

  • Ps 119:36
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    36 Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

  • 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.

  • Eccl 6:2
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    2 a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

  • Ps 10:6
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    6 He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble."

  • Ps 37:7
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    7 Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

  • Job 12:6
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    6 The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their God in their hands.