Psalms 10:3
For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
In Context
2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
4In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
Deuteronomy 32:19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
1 Samuel 23:21“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
Job 31:24If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
Psalms 35:21They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
Psalms 49:11Their graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless generations—even though their lands were their namesakes.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 10:2-12
The Character of the Wicked; The Character of Persecutors. 1 Why standest thou afar off, O Lord ? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. 5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far… Read the whole commentary →