Psalm 73:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them like a garment.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; Violence covereth them as a garment.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Therefore pride is about their necks like a chain; violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

Common English Bible

⁶ That’s why they wear arrogance like a necklace, why violence covers them like clothes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ they have cut down the entrances themselves. With axe and hatchet, they have brought it down.

Psalm 73:6 Cross References

Psalm 109:18

He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders. And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Daniel 4:30

and the king said, “Is this not magnificent Babylon, which I have built as a royal capital by my mighty power and for my glorious majesty?”

Proverbs 1:9

for they are a fair garland for your head and pendants for your neck.

Judges 8:26

The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold (apart from the crescents and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian and the collars that were on the necks of their camels).

Micah 3:5

Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who cry “Peace” when they have something to eat but declare war against those who put nothing into their mouths.

Ezekiel 16:11

I adorned you with ornaments: I put bracelets on your arms, a chain on your neck,

Jeremiah 48:29

We have heard of the pride of Moab— he is very proud— of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.

Jeremiah 48:11

Moab has been at ease from his youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into exile; therefore his flavor has remained, and his aroma is unspoiled.

Isaiah 3:19

the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarfs;

Song of Solomon 4:9

You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; you have ravished my heart with a glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the human heart is fully set to do evil.

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Proverbs 3:31

Do not envy the violent, and do not choose any of their ways,

Psalm 109:29

May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a mantle.

Esther 3:1

After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite and advanced him and set his seat above all the officials who were with him.

Deuteronomy 32:15

Jacob ate his fill; Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. You grew fat, bloated, and gorged! He abandoned God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

Genesis 41:42

Removing his signet ring from his hand, Pharaoh put it on Joseph’s hand; he arrayed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.