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Psalms 10:2

Psalms 10:2 is verse 2 of Psalms chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

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King James Version

The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

World English Bible

In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

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Psalms 10:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

2 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.

3 For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 31:18

May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

Psalms 36:11

Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Psalms 59:12

By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.

Psalms 119:5

Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!

Psalms 119:69

Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.

Psalms 119:85

The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.

Psalms 119:122

Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.

Psalms 140:5

The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

Exodus 9:17

Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”

Isaiah 10:12

So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

Isaiah 10:13

For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.

Isaiah 14:13

You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.

Isaiah 14:16

Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,

Jeremiah 43:2

Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’

Psalms 7:16

His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

Psalms 9:15

The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

Psalms 9:16

The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

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