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Psa 10:3 — For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

boasteth		Psa 35:21; Psa 49:6; Psa 52:1; Psa 73:8,9; Psa 94:4; Exd 15:9; Isa 10:7-11; Isa 37:23; Jam 4:13,16
heart's		Heb. soul's
and blesseth, etc.		or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the LORD. Psa 49:11-13,18; Deu 29:19; 1Sa 23:21; Job 31:24; Pro 28:4; Hsa 12:7,8; Zec 11:5-8; Luk 12:19; Rom 1:29,32; 2Ti 3:2-4; 1Jo 2:15
whom		Isa 57:17; Jer 22:17; Mic 6:10-12; Hab 2:9; Mat 26:15,16; Luk 12:15; Luk 16:14,15; 1Cr 6:10; Eph 5:5; Col 3:5; 1Ti 6:9,10
abhorreth		Psa 5:6; Lev 26:30; Deu 32:19

Correlating Passages

boasteth

	Psa 35:21	Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].
	Psa 49:6	They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
	Psa 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.
	Psa 73:8	They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.
	Psa 73:9	They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
	Psa 94:4	[How long] shall they utter [and] speak hard things? [and] all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
	Exd 15:9	The 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.
	Isa 10:7	Howbeit 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.
	Isa 10:8	For he saith, [Are] not my princes altogether kings?
	Isa 10:9	[Is] not Calno as Carchemish? [is] not Hamath as Arpad? [is] not Samaria as Damascus?
	Isa 10:10	As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
	Isa 10:11	Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
	Isa 37:23	Whom 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.
	Jam 4:13	Go 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:
	Jam 4:16	But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

and blesseth, etc.

	Psa 49:11	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.
	Psa 49:12	Nevertheless man [being] in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts [that] perish.
	Psa 49:13	This their way [is] their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
	Psa 49:18	Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and [men] will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
	Deu 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:
	1Sa 23:21	And Saul said, Blessed [be] ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
	Job 31:24	If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
	Pro 28:4	They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
	Hsa 12:7	[He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
	Hsa 12:8	And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: [in] all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that [were] sin.
	Zec 11:5	Whose 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.
	Zec 11:6	For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: 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].
	Zec 11:7	And 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.
	Zec 11:8	Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
	Luk 12:19	And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry.
	Rom 1:29	Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
	Rom 1:32	Who 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.
	2Ti 3:2	For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
	2Ti 3:3	Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
	2Ti 3:4	Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
	1Jo 2:15	Love 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.

whom

	Isa 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.
	Jer 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].
	Mic 6:10	Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [that is] abominable?
	Mic 6:11	Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
	Mic 6:12	For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.
	Hab 2:9	Woe 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!
	Mat 26:15	And 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.
	Mat 26:16	And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
	Luk 12:15	And 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.
	Luk 16:14	And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
	Luk 16:15	And 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.
	1Cr 6:10	Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
	Eph 5:5	For 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.
	Col 3:5	Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
	1Ti 6:9	But 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.
	1Ti 6:10	For 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.

abhorreth

	Psa 5:6	Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
	Lev 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.
	Deu 32:19	And when the LORD saw [it], he abhorred [them], because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 10:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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