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

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Psa. 49:6• ⁶They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; (Psa. 49:6)

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Psa. 52:1• ¹<<To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.>> Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. (Psa. 52:1)

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Psa. 73:8‑9• ⁸They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
⁹They set their mouth against 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 hard things? and 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 lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. (Ex. 15:9)

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Isa. 10:7‑11• ⁷Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
⁸For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
⁹Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
¹⁰As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
¹¹Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? (Isa. 10:7‑11)

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

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James 4:13,16• ¹³Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
¹⁶But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing 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 shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
¹²Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
¹³This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
¹⁸Though while he lived he blessed his soul: 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 imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: (Deut. 29:19)

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

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Job 31:24• ²⁴If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art 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, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
⁸And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labors 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, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
⁶For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
⁷And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O 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.
⁸Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. (Zech. 11:5‑8)

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Luke 12:19• ¹⁹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. (Luke 12:19)

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Rom. 1:29,32• ²⁹Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
³²Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. (Rom. 1:29,32)

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2 Tim. 3:2‑4• ²For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
³Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
⁴Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; (2 Tim. 3:2‑4)

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1 John 2:15• ¹⁵Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man 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 frowardly in the way of his heart. (Isa. 57:17)

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Jer. 22:17• ¹⁷But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. (Jer. 22:17)

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

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Hab. 2:9• ⁹Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! (Hab. 2:9)

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Matt. 26:15‑16• ¹⁵And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
¹⁶And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. (Matt. 26:15‑16)

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Luke 12:15• ¹⁵And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. (Luke 12:15)

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Luke 16:14‑15• ¹⁴And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
¹⁵And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. (Luke 16:14‑15)

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1 Cor. 6:10• ¹⁰Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor. 6:10)

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Eph. 5:5• ⁵For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. (Eph. 5:5)

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Col. 3:5• ⁵Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: (Col. 3:5)

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1 Tim. 6:9‑10• ⁹But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
¹⁰For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (1 Tim. 6:9‑10)

abhorreth.

Psa. 5:6• ⁶Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. (Psa. 5:6)

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Lev. 26:30• ³⁰And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, 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 when the Lord saw it, he abhorred 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.