Psalms 62:10 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 62:10

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

KJV

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ASV

Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart thereon.

WEB

Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

YLT

Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth--when it increaseth--set not the heart.

DBT

Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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45 verses on the floor

Colossians 3:2
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
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;
Luke 12:15
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
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.

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When the grounds of the rich man brought forth plentifully, then he said to his soul, Take thy ease in these things, Luke xii. It is a smiling world that is most likely to draw the heart away from God, on whom only it should be set. He gives a very good reason why we should make God our confidence, because he is a God of infinite power, mercy, and righteousness,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; 7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Not only are oppression and robbery, which are wicked means of wealth, no grounds of boasting; but even wealth, increasing lawfully, ought not to engross the heart.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 62:101TI 6:10 PRO 1:19
PSA 62:101TI 6:10 1TI 6:9
PSA 62:101TI 6:10 PSA 32:10
PSA 62:101TI 6:17 PRO 11:28
PSA 62:10ISA 61:8 PSA 11:7
PSA 62:101TI 6:17 ACT 14:17
PSA 62:101TI 6:10 PRO 1:31
PSA 62:10ISA 61:8 JER 9:24

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