Psalm 17:14

God's Word

With your power rescue me from mortals, O Lord, from mortals who enjoy their inheritance only in this life. You fill their bellies with your treasure. Their children are satisfied ⌞with it⌟, and they leave what remains to their children.

Cross References

Job 12:6

⌞But⌟ robbers’ tents are prosperous, and there is security for those who provoke God, for those whose god is their power.

Job 12:9

What creature doesn’t know that the Lord’s hands made it?

Job 21:21

How can he be interested in his family after he’s gone, when the number of his months is cut short?

Job 22:18

Yet, he filled their homes with good things. (The plan of the wicked is foreign to my way of thinking.)

Psalm 39:6

Each person who walks around is like a shadow. They are busy for no reason. They accumulate riches without knowing who will get them.”

Psalm 73:12

Look how wicked they are! They never have a worry. They grow more and more wealthy.

Proverbs 2:4

if you search for wisdom as if it were money and hunt for it as if it were hidden treasure,

Matthew 13:44

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field. When a man discovered it, he buried it again. He was so delighted with it that he went away, sold everything he had, and bought that field.

Luke 16:25

“Abraham replied, ‘Remember, my child, that you had a life filled with good times, while Lazarus’ life was filled with misery. Now he has peace here, while you suffer.

Luke 16:8

“The master praised the dishonest manager for being so clever. Worldly people are more clever than spiritually-minded people when it comes to dealing with others.”

John 15:19

If you had anything in common with the world, the world would love you as one of its own. But you don’t have anything in common with the world. I chose you from the world, and that’s why the world hates you.

John 17:14

I have given them your message. But the world has hated them because they don’t belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.

John 8:23

Jesus said to them, “You’re from below. I’m from above. You’re from this world. I’m not from this world.

James 5:5

You have lived in luxury and pleasure here on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.