Psalms 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
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Leviticus 26:30And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
Deuteronomy 32:19And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
1 Samuel 23:21And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
Job 31:24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
Psalms 35:21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
Psalms 49:11Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
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 →