Verse 12

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

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."
  • 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.
  • Jer 5:17 : 17 They shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, [which] your sons and your daughters should eat. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds. They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees. They shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don't judge the right of the needy.
  • Jer 12:1-2 : 1 You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously? 2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit: you are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.
  • Hos 12:7-8 : 7 A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud. 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."
  • Luke 16:19 : 19 "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
  • Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. 2 Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up your treasure in the last days.
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
  • Ps 37:35 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
  • Ps 49:6 : 6 Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude of their riches--