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Psalm 10:4

The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

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.
6He says in his heart, “I shall not be shaken. For generations I shall have no trouble.”
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A proud face and thoughts with no room for God expose the inward posture of someone who, in the surrounding lines, hunts the weak.

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Where else Scripture says this

11 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 14:1For the Chief Musician. By David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who …Both passages connect wicked conduct with an inward posture that excludes God, whether through pride or denial.
2 Corinthians 10:5throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of …Both passages address thoughts set against God; Paul describes bringing such thoughts into obedience to Christ.
Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.The connection is limited: one describes thoughts excluding God; the other urges asking, seeking, and knocking.
Psalm 53:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Mahalath.” A contemplation by David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done …Both passages describe an inward rejection of God alongside wickedness, with Psalm 53 naming the fool’s denial.
Romans 1:28Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;Both texts connect wickedness with excluding God from thought or knowledge; Romans also describes God’s response.
Acts 8:22Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.Both texts locate wickedness within a person’s thoughts; Acts urges repentance and prayer for forgiveness.
Psalm 50:22“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.Both passages describe disregard for God; Psalm 50 adds a warning of judgment to those who forget him.
Zephaniah 1:6those who have turned back from following the LORD, and those who haven’t sought the LORD nor inquired after him.Both passages describe disregard for God, expressed through thoughts that exclude him or failure to seek him.
Genesis 6:5The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.Both passages describe wickedness in terms of inward thoughts, showing that evil reaches into the heart.
Job 21:14They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.Both passages portray people excluding God, with Job recording their refusal to know his ways.
Romans 1:21Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.Both passages connect a refusal to honor God with the inward life of thought and reasoning.
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Encouragement

The wicked may leave God out of their thoughts and still prosper, as the next line says. Their success does not make their pride right.

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