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Psalm 10:3
For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns the LORD.
1Why do you stand far off, LORD? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
3For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns the LORD.
4The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.
5His ways are prosperous at all times. He is arrogant, and your laws are far from his sight. As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
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Boasting turns the heart’s cravings into something to celebrate, exposing a distorted judgment that applauds greed while treating YHWH with contempt.
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2 Timothy 3:2For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,Both passages connect boasting with misplaced love: cravings and greed in the psalm, love of self and money in Timothy.
Hebrews 13:5Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”Greed receives praise in the psalm; Hebrews rejects the love of money and urges contentment with what you have.
Luke 12:15He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”The psalm exposes praise for greed, while Jesus warns against covetousness and measuring life by possessions.
Psalm 94:4They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.Both psalms describe evildoers boasting, showing wickedness expressed in words as well as conduct.
1 Corinthians 13:6doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;The psalm describes approval of greed; Corinthians rejects rejoicing in unrighteousness and ties joy to truth.
Luke 12:19I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”’Both passages feature self-focused speech: boasting about cravings in the psalm, and satisfaction in stored goods in Luke.
1 Samuel 25:3Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his …Both texts describe wicked conduct, though Samuel’s description of Nabal does not mention the boasting or greed named here.
Zechariah 11:5–8Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich;’ and their own shepherds don’t pity them.The psalm’s wicked person blesses the greedy and condemns the LORD; Zechariah’s ruthless sellers bless the LORD for their riches.
Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.Both passages describe praise directed toward wrongdoing: blessing the greedy in the psalm and praising the wicked in Proverbs.
Psalm 119:36Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.Both passages concern the heart’s direction: one describes boasting in cravings, while the other asks God to turn the heart from selfish gain.
James 3:5So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!Boasting links these texts: the psalm names the wicked person’s boast, while James describes the tongue’s boasts and capacity for harm.
Micah 6:10–12Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?Both texts connect wickedness with gain: the psalm describes praise for greed, and Micah questions wicked treasures and a dishonest measure.
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If praise for greed troubles you, this lament makes room for that protest. Public approval cannot make contempt for YHWH right.
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