Psalms 52:1
The Steadfast Love of God Endures
To the choirmaster. A Maskil ▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term of David, when bDoeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
Psalms 52:7
7“See the man who would not makeGod his refuge,
but ctrusted in the abundance of his riches
and sought refuge in his own destruction!” ▼
▼Or in his work of destruction
Proverbs 25:14
14Like eclouds and wind without rainis a man who fboasts of a gift he does not give.
Proverbs 27:1
1Do not boast about tomorrow,gfor you do not know what a day may bring.
Isaiah 47:7-8
7You said, “I shall be hmistress forever,”so that you did not lay these things to heart
or remember their end.
8 Now therefore hear this, iyou lover of pleasures,
jwho sit securely,
who say in your heart,
k“I am, and there is no one besides me;
lI shall not sit as a widow
or know the loss of children”:
Isaiah 47:10
10 You felt secure in your wickedness;you said, “No one sees me”;
your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray,
and you said in your heart,
m“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
1 Corinthians 4:7-8
7For who sees anything different in you? nWhat do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?8Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you!
1 Corinthians 5:6
6 oYour boasting is not good. Do you not know that pa little leaven leavens the whole lump?James 3:14
14But if you have bitter qjealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
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