Psalms 73:12
Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
In Context
11And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
13Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
Cross References
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
Psalms 52:7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Jeremiah 5:17And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword.
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
Luke 16:19Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:
Matthew Henry on Psalms 73:2-15
God's Goodness to His People; Unsanctified Prosperity. 1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. 7… Read the whole commentary →