Psalm 62:10 {61:11}
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Trust not in iniquity, and covet not robberies: if riches abound, set not your heart upon them.

Trust

Job 20:19,29 Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build. . . .

Isaiah 28:15 For you have said: We have entered into a league with death, and we have made a covenant with hell. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come upon us: for we have placed our hope in lies, and by falsehood we are protected.

Isaiah 30:12 Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Because you have rejected this word, and have trusted in oppression and tumult, and have leaned upon it:

Isaiah 47:10 And thou hast trusted in thy wickedness, and hast said: There is none that seeth me. Thy wisdom, and, thy knowledge, this hath deceived thee. And thou hast said in thy heart: I am, and besides me there is no other.

Isaiah 59:4 There is none that calleth upon justice, neither is there any one that judgeth truly: but they trust in a mere nothing, and speak vanities: they have conceived labour, and brought forth iniquity.

Jeremiah 13:25 This is thy lot, and the portion of thy measure from me, saith the Lord, because thou hast forgotten me, and hast trusted in falsehood.

Jeremiah 17:11 As the partridge hath hatched eggs which she did not lay: so is he that hath gathered riches, and not by right: in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and in his latter end he shall be a fool.

riches

Psalm 39:6 Surely man passeth as an image: yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up: and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things.

Psalm 52:7 Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.

Deuteronomy 6:10-12 And when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land, for which he swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: and shall have given thee great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build, . . .

Deuteronomy 8:12-14 Lest after thou hast eaten and art filled, hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them, . . .

Job 27:16 If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

Job 31:24,25 If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence: . . .

Mark 8:36,37 For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? . . .

Mark 10:23 And Jesus looking round about, saith to his disciples: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

Luke 12:15-21 And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness: for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth. . . .

1 Timothy 6:17 Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy)

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Psalm 91:14 Because he hoped in me I will deliver him: I will protect him because he hath known my name.

Proverbs 23:5 Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.

Context
Waiting on God
9But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive. 10Trust not in iniquity, and covet not robberies: if riches abound, set not your heart upon them.11God hath spoken once, these two things have I heard, that power belongeth to God,…
Cross References
Mark 10:24
And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus again answering, saith to them: Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God?

Luke 12:15
And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness: for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.

1 Timothy 6:10
For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.

1 Timothy 6:17
Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy)

Job 31:25
If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much.

Psalm 49:6
They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,

Psalm 52:7
Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.

Isaiah 30:12
Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel: Because you have rejected this word, and have trusted in oppression and tumult, and have leaned upon it:

Isaiah 47:10
And thou hast trusted in thy wickedness, and hast said: There is none that seeth me. Thy wisdom, and, thy knowledge, this hath deceived thee. And thou hast said in thy heart: I am, and besides me there is no other.

Isaiah 61:8
For I am the Lord that love judgment, and hate robbery in a holocaust: and I will make their work in truth, and I will make a perpetual covenant with them.

Jeremiah 49:4
Why gloriest thou in the valleys? thy valley hath flowed away, O delicate daughter, that hast trusted in thy treasures, and hast said: Who shall come to me?

Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery: they afflicted the needy and poor, and they oppressed the stranger by calumny without judgment.

Hosea 12:8
And Ephraim said: But yet I am become rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed.

Nahum 3:1
Woe to thee, O city of blood, all full of lies and violence: rapine shall not depart from thee.

Lexicon
Place no
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

trust
תִּבְטְח֣וּ (tiḇ·ṭə·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 982: To trust, be confident, sure

in extortion,
בְעֹשֶׁק֮ (ḇə·‘ō·šeq)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6233: Injury, fraud, distress, unjust gain

or false hope
תֶּ֫הְבָּ֥לוּ (teh·bā·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1891: To act emptily, become vain

in stolen goods.
וּבְגָזֵ֪ל (ū·ḇə·ḡā·zêl)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1498: Robbery, plunder

If
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

your riches
חַ֤יִל ׀ (ḥa·yil)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

increase,
יָנ֑וּב (yā·nūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5107: To germinate, to, flourish, to utter

do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

set
תָּשִׁ֥יתוּ (tā·šî·ṯū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7896: To put, set

your heart [upon them].
לֵֽב׃ (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre


Additional Translations
Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

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

Trust not in unrighteousness, and lust not after robberies: if wealth should flow in, set not your heart upon it.

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

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

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

Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them.

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