Psalms 73:12
Behold these are the ungodly! Yet they are ever prosperous; they heap up riches.
Noyes Bible
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? How can there be knowledge with the Most High?”
13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain; In vain have I washed my hands in innocence.
Cross References
Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked man in great power, And spreading himself like a green cedar;
Psalms 52:7“Behold the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And placed his strength in his wickedness!”
Jeremiah 5:17They shall consume thy harvest and thy bread; They shall consume thy sons and thy daughters; They shalt consume thy sheep and thy oxen; They shall consume thy vine and thy fig-tree; They shall destroy with the sword thy fortified cities, In which thou placest thy trust.
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee, Yet will I enter into controversy with thee. Why doth the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all the men of treachery at ease?
Luke 16:19There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted 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 →