Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

General references

Bible References

Made

Psalm 146:3
Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus says the Lord,
Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind
And makes flesh his strength,
And whose heart turns away from the Lord.

Strengthened

Psalm 73:7
Their eye bulges from fatness;
The imaginations of their heart run riot.
Ecclesiastes 8:8
No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver those who practice it.
Hosea 12:7
A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,
He loves to oppress.

General references

Job 31:24
“If I have put my confidence in gold,
And called fine gold my trust,
Proverbs 18:11
A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own imagination.
James 4:16
But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.