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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 open wide their mouth upon me;{HR}They have said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen. (Psa. 35:21)

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Psa. 49:6• ⁶Those who trust in their wealth{HR}And boast themselves in the multitude 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 went in, and told Saul and said to him, David went to the house of Ahimelech.{HR}Why boastest thou thyself in evil, mighty man?{HR}The mercy of God [is] all the day. (Psa. 52:1)

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Psa. 73:8‑9• ⁸They mock and speak wickedly of oppression;{HR}From on high they speak.
⁹They set their mouth in the heavens,{HR}And their tongue walketh in the earth. (Psa. 73:8‑9)

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Psa. 94:4• ⁴They prate, they speak arrogantly;{HR}All the workers of iniquity boast themselves. (Psa. 94:4)

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

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Isa. 10:7‑11• ⁷But 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 all kings?
⁹[Is] 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 their graven images exceeded those of Jerusalem and of Samaria),
¹¹shall 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 that say, Today or tomorrow we will go to this city here, and spend there a year, and traffic and make gain,
¹⁶But now ye glory in your vauntings; all such glorying is wicked. (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] their houses [shall be] forever,{HR}Their dwelling-places to generation and generation;{HR}They have called the lands by their names.
¹²But man in honour abideth not;{HR}He hath become like the cattle,{HR}They have been cut off.
¹³This their way [is] folly for them;{HR}Yet those who come after them will take pleasure in their words. Selah.
¹⁸Though (for) he blesseth his soul in his life,{HR}And men will praise thee when thou doest good to thyself, (Psa. 49:11‑13,18)

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Deut. 29:19• ¹⁹{i}and 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.{/i} (Deut. 29:19)

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

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Job 31:24• ²⁴If I made gold my confidence,{HR}And to the pure gold said, My trust; (Job 31:24)

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Prov. 28:4• ⁴{i}They that forsake the law praise the wicked;{HR}But such as keep the law contend with them.{/i} (Prov. 28:4)

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Hos. 12:7‑8• ⁷A merchant [Canaan], the balance of deceit in his hand, he loveth to overreach!
⁸And Ephraim said, I am simply become rich; I have found me out substances: it is all my labours. They will find no iniquity in me that is 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 Jehovah; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
⁶For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah: but lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour'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 loathed 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 good things laid up 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, ill-will; whisperers,
³²which, knowing right well the righteous award of God that they who do such things are worthy of death, not only practice them but also have a fellow-pleasure in those that 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, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
³without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, uncontrolled, fierce, haters of good,
⁴traitors, headstrong, puffed up, pleasure-lovers rather than God-lovers, (2 Tim. 3:2‑4)

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1 John 2:15• ¹⁵Love not the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loveth 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• ¹⁰{i}Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable?{/i}
¹¹{i}Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?{/i}
¹²{i}For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.{/i} (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• ¹⁵{i}and 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.{/i}
¹⁶{i}And from that time he sought a good opportunity that he might deliver him up.{/i} (Matt. 26:15‑16)

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Luke 12:15• ¹⁵{i}And{/i} 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• ¹⁴{i}And the Pharisees also, who were covetous,{/i} heard all these things, {i}and{/i} sneered at him.
¹⁵And he said unto them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; for that which amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God. (Luke 16:14‑15)

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1 Cor. 6:10• ¹⁰nor rapacious, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit God's kingdom. (1 Cor. 6:10)

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Eph. 5:5• ⁵For this ye are aware of, knowing that no fornicator nor unclean nor covetous [person], who is an idolater, hath 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 that [are] on the earth, fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; (Col. 3:5)

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1 Tim. 6:9‑10• ⁹But those that wish to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, such as sink men into destruction and perdition.
¹⁰For a root of all evils is the love of money, which some eagerly seeking were led astray from the faith and pierced themselves through with many pains. (1 Tim. 6:9‑10)

abhorreth.

Psa. 5:6• ⁶Thou wilt destroy those that speak lies:{HR}A man of blood and deceit Jehovah abhorreth. (Psa. 5:6)

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

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

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

For the wicked [man] boasteth ofa his soul’s desire;{HR}He blesseth the plunderer, he despiseth Jehovah.

WK Translation Notes

Or, praiseth.