Psalms 62:10
Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
KJV
Ipsi vero in vanum quæsierunt animam meam : introibunt in inferiora terræ ;
Vulgate
αὐτοὶ δὲ εἰς μάτην ἐζήτησαν τὴν ψυχήν μου, εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὰ κατώτατα τῆς γῆς,
LXX
Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart thereon.
ASV
אַ֤ךְ הֶ֥בֶל בְּנֵֽי אָדָם֮ כָּזָ֪ב בְּנֵ֫י אִ֥ישׁ בְּ/מֹאזְנַ֥יִם לַ/עֲל֑וֹת הֵ֝֗מָּה מֵ/הֶ֥בֶל יָֽחַד
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אַךְ
'k
adverb · 158×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
הָֽבֶל
hbl
noun · 73×
יַחְדָּ֑ו
ychdv
noun · 141×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
כָזָֽב
kzb
noun · 28×
מֹאזְנֵ֥י
m'zny
noun · 15×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Pet 1:18 — Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
- 1Sam 9:20 — And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father’s house?
- 1Tim 6:10 — For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
- 1Tim 6:17 — Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
- 1Tim 6:17 — Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
- Col 3:2 — Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
- Deut 6:10 — And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou build
- Deut 8:12 — Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
- Deut 17:17 — Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
- Eccl 5:10 — He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
- Ezek 28:5 — By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
- Hos 10:13 — Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
- Hos 12:8 — And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
- Isa 28:15 — Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refug
- Isa 30:12 — Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
- Isa 47:10 — For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
- Isa 59:4 — None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
- Isa 59:4 — None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
- Isa 61:8 — For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
- Jer 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
- Jer 17:11 — As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
- Jer 49:4 — Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
- Job 15:31 — Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
- Job 20:19 — Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
- Job 20:29 — This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
- Job 27:16 — Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
- Job 31:24 — If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
- Job 31:24 — If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
- Job 31:25 — If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
- Luke 12:15 — And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
- Luke 12:15 — And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
- Luke 12:19 — And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
- Mark 8:36 — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
- Mark 10:23 — And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
- Mark 10:24 — And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
- Matt 6:19 — Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
- Matt 13:22 — He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
- Prov 11:28 — He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
- Prov 23:5 — Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
- Ps 39:6 — Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.