Psalm 73:6

New Century Version

They wear pride like a necklace and put on violence as their clothing.

Cross References

Genesis 41:42

Then the king took off from his own finger his ring with the royal seal on it, and he put it on Joseph’s finger. He gave Joseph fine linen clothes to wear, and he put a gold chain around Joseph’s neck.

Esther 3:1

After these things happened, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite. He gave him a new rank that was higher than all the important men.

Psalm 109:18

He cursed others as often as he wore clothes. Cursing others filled his body and his life, like drinking water and using olive oil.

Psalm 109:29

Let those who accuse me be disgraced and covered with shame like a coat.

Proverbs 1:9

Their teaching will be like flowers in your hair or a necklace around your neck.

Proverbs 3:31

Don’t be jealous of those who use violence, and don’t choose to be like them.

Proverbs 4:17

They feast on wickedness and cruelty as if they were eating bread and drinking wine.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

When evil people are not punished right away, it makes others want to do evil, too.

Song of Solomon 4:9

My sister, my bride, you have thrilled my heart; you have thrilled my heart with a glance of your eyes, with one sparkle from your necklace.

Isaiah 3:19

their earrings, bracelets, and veils,

Jeremiah 48:11

“The people of Moab have never known trouble. They are like wine left to settle; they have never been poured from one jar to another. They have not been taken into captivity. So they taste as they did before, and their smell has not changed.

Jeremiah 48:29

“We have heard that the people of Moab are proud, very proud. They are proud, very proud, and in their hearts they think they are important.”

Ezekiel 16:11

I put jewelry on you: bracelets on your arms, a necklace around your neck,

Daniel 4:30

he said, “I have built this great Babylon as my royal home. I built it by my power to show my glory and my majesty.”

Micah 3:5

The Lord says this about the prophets who teach his people the wrong way of living: “If these prophets are given food to eat, they shout, ‘Peace!’ But if someone doesn’t give them what they ask for, they call for a holy war against that person.

Deuteronomy 32:15

Israel grew fat and kicked; they were fat and full and firm. They left the God who made them and rejected the Rock who saved them.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, younger people should be willing to be under older people. And all of you should be very humble with each other. “God is against the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”

Judges 8:26

The gold earrings weighed about forty-three pounds. This did not count the decorations, necklaces, and purple robes worn by the kings of Midian, nor the chains from the camels’ necks.