Psalms 73:7
From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
In Context
6Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
8They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:2Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
Esther 3:11“Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”
Psalms 17:10They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree as they increase their wealth.
Isaiah 3:9The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
Ezekiel 16:49Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
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 →