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Psalm 73:10

Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.

8They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
9They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
10Therefore their people return to them, and they drink up waters of abundance.
11They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
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People returning to the arrogant can trouble your sense of justice, especially when their company appears to offer abundance.

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Where does someone’s abundance make their words seem more trustworthy to you?

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Job 41:34He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride.”The link is limited: Job names a king over the proud; this psalm’s surrounding lines describe the arrogance of those attracting followers.
Psalm 75:8For in the LORD’s hand there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very …Both passages use drinking imagery around the wicked: Psalm 73 describes abundant waters, while Psalm 75 describes drinking from the LORD’s cup.
Revelation 14:10he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the …Drinking links these texts, though Psalm 73 describes abundant waters and Revelation names wine that represents God’s wrath.
Where this verse fits

Envy and comparison. injustice and anger. doubt.

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Encouragement

The water image is debated, but the surrounding verses name the malice of these prosperous people. Their growing wealth does not make their words worthy of trust.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).