Psalms 62:10
Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:10And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
Job 20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
Psalms 4:3Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.
Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
Psalms 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
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 →