Psalm 62:10

Bible in Basic English 1965

Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

Cross References

Job 20:19

Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

Job 20:29

This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God.

Psalm 39:6

Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

Psalm 4:3

See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.

Psalm 49:6

Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.

Psalm 52:7

See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

Psalm 91:14

Because he has given me his love, I will take him out of danger: I will put him in a place of honour, because he has kept my name in his heart.

Proverbs 23:5

Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

Isaiah 28:15

Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue:

Isaiah 30:12

For this cause the Holy One of Israel says, Because you will not give ear to this word, and are looking for help in ways of deceit and evil, and are putting your hope in them:

Isaiah 40:15

See, the nations are to him like a drop hanging from a bucket, and like the small dust in the scales: he takes up the islands like small dust.

Isaiah 40:17

All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.

Isaiah 47:10

For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.

Isaiah 59:4

No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.

Isaiah 61:8

For I, the Lord, take pleasure in upright judging; I will not put up with the violent taking away of right; and I will certainly give them their reward, and I will make an eternal agreement with them.

Jeremiah 13:25

This is your fate, the part measured out to you by me, says the Lord, because you have put me out of your memory and put your faith in what is false.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.

Mark 10:23

And Jesus, looking round about, said to his disciples, How hard it is for those who have wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.

1 Timothy 6:17

Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;