Psalm 10:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ For the wrongdoer boasted of his cravings; And the greedy one cursed and despised יהוה.

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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.

Psalm 10:3 Cross References

Psalm 94:4

They pour forth words, They speak arrogantly; All the workers of wickedness boast in themselves.

Luke 12:19

then say to myself, “Life, you have many goods laid up for many years, take your ease, eat, drink, rejoice.” ’

Isaiah 37:23

“Whom have you reproached and reviled? And against whom have you raised your voice, and lifted up your eyes in pride? Against the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl!

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake the Torah praise the wrong, Those who guard the Torah strive with them.

Psalm 49:6

Those who are trusting in their riches And who are boasting in their great wealth?

Psalm 35:21

And they open their mouth wide against me, They said, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it.”

Psalm 5:6

You destroy those speaking falsehood; יהוה loathes a man of blood and deceit.

Job 31:24

If I have put my trust in gold, or called fine gold my refuge;

Deuteronomy 29:19

“And it shall be, when he hears the words of this curse, that he should bless himself in his heart, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,’ in order to add drunkenness to thirst.

Exodus 15:9

“The enemy said, ‘I pursue, I overtake, I divide the spoil, my being is satisfied on them. I draw out my sword, my hand destroys them.’

1 John 2:15

Do not love the world nor that which is in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow, let us go to such and such a city, spend a year there, and trade, and make a profit,”

Colossians 3:5

Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: whoring, uncleanness, passion, evil desire and greed of gain, which is idolatry.

Ephesians 5:5

For this you know, that no one who whores, nor unclean one, nor one greedy of gain, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the reign of Messiah and Elohim.

1 Corinthians 6:10

nor thieves, nor greedy of gain, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers shall inherit the reign of Elohim.

Romans 1:32

who, though they know the righteousness of Elohim, that those who practise such deserve death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practise them.

Romans 1:29

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoring, wickedness, greed, evil; filled with envy, murder, fighting, deceit, evil habits; whisperers,

Luke 12:15

And He said to them, “Mind, and beware of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the excess of his possessions.”

Habakkuk 2:9

“Woe to him who is getting evil gain for his house, in order to set his nest on high, to escape the clutches of evil!

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and your heart are only upon your own greedy gain, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and on doing violence.”

Isaiah 57:17

“For the crookedness of his unfair gain I was wroth and I struck him. I hid Myself and was wroth, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The loving-commitment of Ěl is all day long!

Psalm 49:18

Though while he lived he blessed himself, And though they praise you when you do well for yourself,

1 Samuel 23:21

And Sha’ul said, “Blessed are you of יהוה, for you have sympathy with me.

Deuteronomy 32:19

“And יהוה saw, and despised, Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.

Leviticus 26:30

‘And I shall destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-pillars, and put your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols. And My being shall loathe you.

James 4:16

But now you boast in your proud speeches. All such boasting is wicked.

Judges 17:2

And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, and on which you put a curse, even saying it in my ears. Look, the silver is with me, I took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed of יהוה be my son!”

1 Kings 20:25

and number an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot, and let us fight against them in the plain – are we not stronger than they?” And he listened to their voice and did so.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

I have seen it all in my days of futility: There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong one living long in his evil.