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Psalm 94:4
They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
2Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
3LORD, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked triumph?
4They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.
5They break your people in pieces, LORD, and afflict your heritage.
6They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
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Arrogant words pour out while vulnerable people are being killed, making the boasting part of the psalm’s complaint to God about unchecked evil.
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Psalm 10:3For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns the LORD.Both passages describe the wicked boasting, with Psalm 10 naming the cravings and greed that their speech celebrates.
Psalm 31:18Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.Both passages name proud speech as part of wrongdoing; Psalm 31 asks for the lips speaking against the righteous to fall silent.
Psalm 52:1For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, “David has come to Ahimelech’s house.” Why do you boast of …Both passages confront boasting tied to evil, with Psalm 52 addressing a mighty man who boasts of mischief.
Psalm 92:7though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.Both passages describe evildoers whose success is visible: Psalm 94 records their boasting, while Psalm 92 describes their flourishing.
1 Samuel 2:3“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.Both passages name arrogance coming from the mouth; the warning in 1 Samuel grounds restraint in God’s knowledge and judgment.
Jude 1:14–15About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,The link is limited: Psalm 94’s surrounding prayer asks God to rise, while Jude’s supplied verse describes the Lord coming with holy ones.
Revelation 13:5–6A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.Both settings connect grand speech with violence: Psalm 94 describes boastful killers, while Revelation describes a blasphemous mouth and authority for war.
Exodus 15:9–10The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy …Both passages expose destructive boasting, with Exodus recording an enemy’s confident claims about pursuit, plunder, and killing.
Job 21:14–15They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.Both passages expose defiance through speech: the evildoers boast in Psalm 94, and Job records people telling God to depart.
Daniel 7:25He will speak words against the Most High, and will wear out the saints of the Most High. He will plan to change the times and the law; and they will be given …Both settings connect arrogant speech with oppression of God’s people; Daniel names words against the Most High and the wearing down of saints.
Isaiah 37:24–25By your servants, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost …Both passages record arrogant speech, with Isaiah detailing boasts about military strength and the destruction the speaker intends.
Proverbs 30:14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.Both settings describe people who prey on the vulnerable: Psalm 94 names their victims, while Proverbs depicts jaws that devour the poor.
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The boast is still loud when this prayer is spoken. You need not soften the harm when bringing it before God, the judge of the earth.
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