Psalm 10:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ For the wicked boasts of the desires of his heart, and the man greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ For the wicked man boasts (sings the praises) of his own heart's desire, and the one greedy for gain curses and spurns, yes, renounces and despises the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.

Common English Bible

³ The wicked brag about their body’s cravings; the greedy reject the LORD, cursing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ For behold, the sinners have bent their bow. They have prepared their arrows in the quiver, so as to shoot arrows in the dark at the upright of heart.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow; they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.

Psalm 10:3 Cross References

1 Kings 20:25

and muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.” And he hearkened to their voice, and did so.

Job 31:24

“If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence;

Psalm 35:21

They open wide their mouths against me; they say, “Aha, Aha! our eyes have seen it!”

Psalm 49:18

Though, while he lives, he counts himself happy, and though a man gets praise when he does well for himself,

Psalm 49:6

men who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?

Psalm 5:6

Thou destroyest those who speak lies; the Lord abhors bloodthirsty and deceitful men.

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast, O mighty man, of mischief done against the godly? All the day

Psalm 94:4

They pour out their arrogant words, they boast, all the evildoers.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.’

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my vain life I have seen everything; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evil-doing.

Isaiah 37:23

“ ‘Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Isaiah 57:17

Because of the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, I smote him, I hid my face and was angry; but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.

Jeremiah 22:17

But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.”

Leviticus 26:30

And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and cast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your idols; and my soul will abhor you.

Habakkuk 2:9

Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm!

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, “Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.’

Romans 1:29

They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips,

Romans 1:32

Though they know God's decree that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do them but approve those who practice them.

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:5

Be sure of this, that no fornicator or impure man, or one who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Deuteronomy 29:19

one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This would lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.

Deuteronomy 32:19

“The Lord saw it, and spurned them, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.

Colossians 3:5

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and get gain”;

James 4:16

As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

1 John 2:15

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.

Judges 17:2

And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the Lord.”

1 Samuel 23:21

And Saul said, “May you be blessed by the Lord; for you have had compassion on me.