Psalms 73:9 · KJV
“They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.”
— Psalms 73:9
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly {concerning} oppression: they speak loftily.
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full {cup} are wrung out to them.
Psalms 73 — Context
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. {have...: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart}
8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly {concerning} oppression: they speak loftily.
9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full {cup} are wrung out to them.
11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Cross References
Revelation 13:6
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
James 3:6
And the tongue {is} a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. {course: Gr. wheel}
Exodus 5:2
And Pharaoh said, Who {is} the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
Daniel 7:25
And he shall speak {great} words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Daniel 3:15
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; {well}: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who {is} that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? {dulcimer: or, singing: Chaldee, symphony}
2 Chronicles 32:15
Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
Luke 18:4
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
Job 21:14
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.