Psalms 10:3
For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns the LORD.
World English 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 arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
4The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul will abhor you.
Deuteronomy 32:19The LORD saw and abhorred, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
1 Samuel 23:21Saul said, “You are blessed by the LORD, for you have had compassion on me.
Job 31:24“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’
Psalms 35:21Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”
Psalms 49:11Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.
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 →