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Psalms 73:12
Psalms 73:12 is verse 12 of Psalms chapter 73, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
King James Version
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
World English Bible
Behold, these are the wicked. Being always at ease, they increase in riches.
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Psalms 73:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible
10 So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
11 The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
12 Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
14 For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Jeremiah 12:2You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
James 5:2Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
James 5:3Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.
Psalms 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
Psalms 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
Jeremiah 5:17They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”
Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
Hosea 12:7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
Hosea 12:8And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”