Psalms 62:10
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery. If riches increase, set not your heart [on it].
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
11God has spoken once, twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:10And it shall be, when LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land which he swore to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee, great and goodly cities, which thou did not build,
Job 20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares raiment as the clay,
Psalms 4:3But know that LORD has set apart for himself him who is holy. LORD will hear when I call to him.
Psalms 49:6Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches,
Psalms 91:14Because he has set his love upon me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high because he has known my name.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 62:9-12
An Exhortation to Trust in God. 8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. 10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God. 12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou… Read the whole commentary →