⁷ Their eyes bulge out from fatness;
the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
⁸ They mock, and they speak maliciously;
they arrogantly threaten oppression.
⁹ They set their mouths against heaven,
and their tongues strut across the earth.

Cross References

Jude 1:16

These people are discontented grumblers, walking according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.

Exodus 1:9-10

He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are.

1 Samuel 13:19

No blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise, the Hebrews will make swords or spears.”

1 Kings 21:7-29

Then his wife Jezebel said to him, “Now, exercise your royal power over Israel. Get up, eat some food, and be happy. For I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

Psalm 10:2

In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue the afflicted;
let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.

Psalm 10:10-11

So he is oppressed and beaten down;
the helpless fall because of his strength.

Psalm 12:4-5

They say, “Through our tongues we have power;
our lips are our own—who can be our master?”

Psalm 17:10

They have become hardened;
their mouths speak arrogantly.

Psalm 53:1-4

For the choir director: on Mahalath. A Davidic Maskil.The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.”
They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.
There is no one who does good.

Proverbs 30:13-14

There is a generation—how haughty its eyes
and pretentious its looks.

Jeremiah 7:9-11

“Do you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known?

Hosea 7:16

They turn, but not to what is above;
they are like a faulty bow.
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of the cursing of their tongue.
They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.

2 Peter 2:10

especially those who follow the polluting desires of the flesh and despise authority.

Bold, arrogant people! They do not tremble when they blaspheme the glorious ones;

2 Peter 2:18

For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

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