Verse 5

His ways are prosperous at all times. He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 12:5 : 5 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."
  • Isa 26:11 : 11 Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don't see; but they will see your zeal for the people, and be disappointed. Yes, fire will consume your adversaries.
  • 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.'"
  • Isa 42:25 : 25 Therefore he poured the fierceness of his anger on him, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire all around, but he didn't know; and it burned him, but he didn't take it to heart."
  • Hos 9:9 : 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity. He will punish them for their sins.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
  • Rom 3:16 : 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways.
  • Gen 6:12 : 12 God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
  • Judg 9:27 : 27 They went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod [the grapes], and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
  • Judg 9:38 : 38 Then Zebul said to him, "Now where is your mouth, that you said, 'Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?' Isn't this the people that you have despised? Please go out now and fight with them."
  • 2 Sam 5:6 : 6 The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, "Unless you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not come in here;" thinking, "David can't come in here."
  • 1 Kgs 20:10-11 : 10 Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, "The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me." 11 The king of Israel answered, "Tell him, 'Don't let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.'"
  • 1 Kgs 20:13 : 13 Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.'"
  • Ps 92:5-6 : 5 How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep. 6 A senseless man doesn't know, neither does a fool understand this:
  • Prov 1:19 : 19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
  • Prov 2:13 : 13 who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
  • Prov 2:15 : 15 who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:
  • Prov 15:24 : 24 The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
  • Prov 24:1 : 1 Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:
  • Isa 5:12 : 12 The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don't respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
  • Isa 10:1 : 1 Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;