⁷ Their eyes stand out with fatness; they have more than the heart could imagine. ⁸ They scoff and speak in malice of cruelty; from on high they speak. ⁹ They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.

Cross References

Jude 1:16

These are murmurers, complainers, leading lives according to their lusts. And their mouth speaks proud things, admiring faces for the sake of gain.

Exodus 1:9-10

And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are many and mightier than we.

1 Samuel 13:19

And there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel. For the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears.

1 Kings 21:7-29

And his wife Jezebel said to him, Do you now rule over Israel? Rise up, eat food, and let your heart be good. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth of Jezreel.

Psalm 10:2

The wicked in his pride persecutes the poor; let them be taken in the plans that they have imagined.

Psalm 10:10-11

He crouches and bows, and the poor have fallen by his might.

Psalm 12:4-5

that has said, With our tongue we shall do much; our lips are our own; who is lord over us?

Psalm 17:10

They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly,

Psalm 53:1-4

To the Chief Musician on Mahalath. A contemplation. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They acted corruptly, and have worked out abominable wickedness; there is not one doing good.

Proverbs 30:13-14

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

Jeremiah 7:9-11

Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know;

Hosea 7:16

They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a deceitful bow; their rulers shall fall by the sword from the rage of their tongue. This shall be their scorn in the land of Egypt.

2 Peter 2:10

and especially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise dominion. They are darers, self-pleasing; not trembling at glories, speaking evil.

2 Peter 2:18

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they lure through the lusts of the flesh, by unbridled lust, the ones who were escaping from those who live in error;