Psalms 73:8
They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
BSB
ASV
They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.
KJV
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
They are corrupt. They rot above ground; their heart and life are depraved. And speak wickedly concerning oppression. The reek of the sepulchre rises through their mouths; the nature of the soul is revealed in the speech. They choose oppression as their subject, and they not only defend it, but advocate it, glory in it, and would fain make it the general rule among all nations. "Who are the poor? What are they made for? What, indeed, but to toil and slave that men of education and good family may enjoy themselves?
They are corrupt--or, literally, "they deride," they speak maliciously and arrogantly and invade even heaven with blasphemy (Re 13:6), and cover earth with slanders (Job 21:7-14).
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Through
Psalms 10:2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
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May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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.
Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
Through
Jude 1:16These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
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With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
Do everything without complaining or arguing,
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.