Psalm 17:14

New Century Version

Lord, save me by your power from those whose reward is in this life. They have plenty of food. They have many sons and leave much money to their children.

Cross References

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers are not bothered, and those who make God angry are safe. They have their god in their pocket.

Job 12:9

Every one of these knows that the hand of the Lord has done this.

Job 21:21

They do not care about the families they leave behind when their lives have come to an end.

Job 22:18

But it was God who filled their houses with good things. Their way of thinking is different from mine.

Psalm 39:6

People are like shadows moving about. All their work is for nothing; they collect things but don’t know who will get them.

Psalm 73:12

These people are wicked, always at ease, and getting richer.

Proverbs 2:4

Search for it like silver, and hunt for it like hidden treasure.

Matthew 13:44

“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. One day a man found the treasure, and then he hid it in the field again. He was so happy that he went and sold everything he owned to buy that field.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember when you were alive you had the good things in life, but bad things happened to Lazarus. Now he is comforted here, and you are suffering.

Luke 16:8

So, the master praised the dishonest manager for being clever. Yes, worldly people are more clever with their own kind than spiritual people are.

John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, it would love you as it loves its own. But I have chosen you out of the world, so you don’t belong to it. That is why the world hates you.

John 17:14

I have given them your teaching. And the world has hated them, because they don’t belong to the world, just as I don’t belong to the world.

John 8:23

Jesus said, “You people are from here below, but I am from above. You belong to this world, but I don’t belong to this world.

James 5:5

Your life on earth was full of rich living and pleasing yourselves with everything you wanted. You made yourselves fat, like an animal ready to be killed.