Psalms 62:10 · KJV
“Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart {upon them}.”
— Psalms 62:10
Surely men of low degree {are} vanity, {and} men of high degree {are} a lie: to be laid in the balance, they {are} altogether {lighter} than vanity. {altogether: or, alike}
God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power {belongeth} unto God. {power: or, strength}
Psalms 62 — Context
Trust in him at all times; {ye} people, pour out your heart before him: God {is} a refuge for us. Selah.
9Surely men of low degree {are} vanity, {and} men of high degree {are} a lie: to be laid in the balance, they {are} altogether {lighter} than vanity. {altogether: or, alike}
10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart {upon them}.
11God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power {belongeth} unto God. {power: or, strength}
12Also unto thee, O Lord, {belongeth} mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
Cross References
1 Timothy 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; {uncertain...: Gr. uncertainty of riches}
Psalms 52:7
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. {wickedness: or, substance}
Jeremiah 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. {sitteth...: or, gathereth young which she hath not brought forth}
Job 31:24-25
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, {Thou art} my confidence;
1 Timothy 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. {erred: or, been seduced}
Deuteronomy 6:10-12
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 buildedst not,
Isaiah 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.
Job 20:29
This {is} the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. {appointed...: Heb. of his decree from God}