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Psa. 10:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

For the wicked boasteth of his ζheart’s desire, and θblesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

soul's.

the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the LORD.

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boasteth.

Psa. 35:21• ²¹And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it. (Psa. 35:21)

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Psa. 49:6• ⁶They depend upon their wealth, and boast themselves in the abundance of their riches. … (Psa. 49:6)

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Psa. 52:1• ¹To the chief Musician: an instruction. Of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David came to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of *God abideth continually. (Psa. 52:1)

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Psa. 73:8‑9• ⁸They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
⁹They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. (Psa. 73:8‑9)

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Psa. 94:4• ⁴How long shall they utter and speak insolence--all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? (Psa. 94:4)

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Ex. 15:9• ⁹The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them. (Ex. 15:9)

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Isa. 10:7‑11• ⁷But he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; for it is in his heart to extirpate and cut off nations not a few.
⁸For he saith, Are not my princes all kings?
⁹Is not Calno as Karkemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?
¹⁰As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols,--and their graven images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
¹¹--shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her images? (Isa. 10:7‑11)

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Isa. 37:23• ²³Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high. (Isa. 37:23)

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James 4:13,16• ¹³Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,
¹⁶But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil. (James 4:13,16)

hearts.

Heb. soul's.

and blesseth, etc.

or, the covetousblesseth himself, he abhorreth the Lord.

Psa. 49:11‑13,18• ¹¹Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.
¹²Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
¹³This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah.
¹⁸Though he blessed his soul in his lifetime,--and men will praise thee when thou doest well to thyself,-- (Psa. 49:11‑13,18)

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Deut. 29:19• ¹⁹and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to sweep away the drunken with the thirsty. (Deut. 29:19)

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1 Sam. 23:21• ²¹And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jehovah; for ye have compassion upon me. (1 Sam. 23:21)

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Job 31:24• ²⁴If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence! (Job 31:24)

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Prov. 28:4• ⁴They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them. (Prov. 28:4)

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Hos. 12:7‑8• ⁷He is a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress.
⁸And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. (Hos. 12:7‑8)

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Zech. 11:5‑8• ⁵whose possessors slay them without being held guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah! for I am become rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.
⁶For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah, and behold, I will deliver men, every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and I will not deliver out of their hand.
⁷So I fed the flock of slaughter, truly the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
⁸And I destroyed three shepherds in one month; and my soul was vexed with them, and their soul also loathed me. (Zech. 11:5‑8)

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Luke 12:19• ¹⁹and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry. (Luke 12:19)

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Rom. 1:29,32• ²⁹being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,
³²who knowing the righteous judgment of God, that they who do such things are worthy of death, not only practise them, but have fellow delight in those who do them. (Rom. 1:29,32)

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2 Tim. 3:2‑4• ²for men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, evil speakers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, profane,
³without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, of unsubdued passions, savage, having no love for what is good,
⁴traitors, headlong, of vain pretensions, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; (2 Tim. 3:2‑4)

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1 John 2:15• ¹⁵Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him; (1 John 2:15)

whom.

Isa. 57:17• ¹⁷For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on backslidingly in the way of his heart. (Isa. 57:17)

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Jer. 22:17• ¹⁷But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it. (Jer. 22:17)

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Mic. 6:10‑12• ¹⁰Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable?
¹¹Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
¹²For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. (Mic. 6:10‑12)

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Hab. 2:9• ⁹Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil! (Hab. 2:9)

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Matt. 26:15‑16• ¹⁵and said, What are ye willing to give me, and *I* will deliver him up to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver.
¹⁶And from that time he sought a good opportunity that he might deliver him up. (Matt. 26:15‑16)

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Luke 12:15• ¹⁵And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions. (Luke 12:15)

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Luke 16:14‑15• ¹⁴And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.
¹⁵And he said to them, *Ye* are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God. (Luke 16:14‑15)

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1 Cor. 6:10• ¹⁰nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor the rapacious, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor. 6:10)

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Eph. 5:5• ⁵For this ye are well informed of, knowing that no fornicator, or unclean person, or person of unbridled lust, who is an idolater, has inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God. (Eph. 5:5)

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Col. 3:5• ⁵Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry. (Col. 3:5)

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1 Tim. 6:9‑10• ⁹But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.
¹⁰For the love of money is the root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows. (1 Tim. 6:9‑10)

abhorreth.

Psa. 5:6• ⁶Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth a man of blood and deceit. (Psa. 5:6)

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Lev. 26:30• ³⁰And I will lay waste your high places, and cut down your sun-pillars, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you. (Lev. 26:30)

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Deut. 32:19• ¹⁹And Jehovah saw it, and despised them, Because of the provoking of his sons and of his daughters. (Deut. 32:19)

J. N. Darby Translation

For the wicked boasteth of his soul’s desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.