For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
Cross References
Psalm 10:13Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, "You will never call me to account."
Psalm 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
Psalm 49:18Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul--and men praise you when you prosper--
Psalm 94:3How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
Psalm 94:4They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.
Psalm 112:10The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 140:8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
Treasury of Scripture
For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors.
boasteth
Psalm 35:21
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
Psalm 49:6
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
Psalm 52:1
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.
hearts.
Psalm 49:11-13,18
Their 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…
Deuteronomy 29:19
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 imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
1 Samuel 23:21
And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
whom
Isaiah 57:17
For 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.
Jeremiah 22:17
But 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.
Micah 6:10-12
Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? …
abhorreth
Psalm 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Leviticus 26:30
And 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.
Deuteronomy 32:19
And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
