Psalms 10:13 · KJV
“Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require {it}.”
— Psalms 10:13
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. {humble: or, afflicted}
Thou hast seen {it}; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite {it} with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. {committeth: Heb. leaveth}
Psalms 10 — Context
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see {it}.
12Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. {humble: or, afflicted}
13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require {it}.
14Thou hast seen {it}; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite {it} with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. {committeth: Heb. leaveth}
15Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil {man}: seek out his wickedness {till} thou find none.
Cross References
Luke 10:16
He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
1 Thessalonians 4:8
He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. {despiseth: or, rejecteth}
Psalms 74:10
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Numbers 11:20
{But} even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which {is} among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? {whole...: Heb. month of days}
Psalms 74:18
Remember this, {that} the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and {that} the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
2 Chronicles 24:22
Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon {it}, and require {it}.
2 Samuel 12:9-10
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife {to be} thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Genesis 42:22
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.