Psalm 73:6

God's Ways Vindicated

⁵ They are not in trouble like others;
they are not afflicted like most people.
⁶ Therefore, pride is their necklace,
and violence covers them like a garment.
⁷ Their eyes bulge out from fatness;
the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

For This Cause

Psalm 109:18

He wore cursing like his coat—
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.

Judges 8:26

The weight of the gold earrings he requested was about 43 pounds of gold, in addition to the crescent ornaments and ear pendants, the purple garments on the kings of Midian, and the chains on the necks of their camels.

Proverbs 1:9

for they will be a garland of grace on your head
and a gold chain around your neck.

Genesis 41:42

Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, clothed him with fine linen garments, and placed a gold chain around his neck.

Deuteronomy 8:13-14

and your herds and flocks grow large, and your silver and gold multiply, and everything else you have increases,

Deuteronomy 32:15

Then Jeshurun became fat and rebelled—
you became fat, bloated, and gorged.
He abandoned the God who made him
and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Esther 3:1

After all this took place, King Ahasuerus honored Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite. He promoted him in rank and gave him a higher position than all the other officials.

Esther 3:5-6

When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him homage, he was filled with rage.

Esther 5:9-11

That day Haman left full of joy and in good spirits. But when Haman saw Mordecai at the King’s Gate, and Mordecai didn’t rise or tremble in fear at his presence, Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.

Job 21:7-15

Why do the wicked continue to live,
growing old and becoming powerful?

Psalm 109:29

My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;
they will wear their shame like a cloak.

Proverbs 3:31

Don’t envy a violent man
or choose any of his ways;

Proverbs 4:17

They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because the sentence against a criminal act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit crime.

Song of Songs 4:9

You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride.
You have captured my heart with one glance of your eyes,
with one jewel of your necklace.

Isaiah 3:19

pendants, bracelets, veils,

Jeremiah 48:11

Moab has been left quiet since his youth,
settled like wine on its dregs.
He hasn’t been poured from one container to another
or gone into exile.
So his taste has remained the same,
and his aroma hasn’t changed.

Jeremiah 48:29

We have heard of Moab’s pride,
great pride, indeed—
his insolence, arrogance, pride,
and haughty heart.

Ezekiel 16:11

I adorned you with jewelry, putting bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.

Ezekiel 28:2-5

“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre: This is what the Lord God says:

Your heart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god;
I sit in the seat of gods
in the heart of the sea.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
though you have regarded your heart
as that of a god.

Daniel 4:30

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built by my vast power to be a royal residence and to display my majestic glory?”

Micah 2:1-2

Woe to those who dream up wickedness
and prepare evil plans on their beds!
At morning light they accomplish it
because the power is in their hands.

Micah 3:5

This is what the Lord says
concerning the prophets
who lead my people astray,
who proclaim peace
when they have food to sink their teeth into
but declare war against the one
who puts nothing in their mouths.

James 5:4-6

Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you younger men, be subject to the elders. And all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because

God resists the proud
but gives grace to the humble.