Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain; violence covers them as a garment. Treasury of Scripture therefore Deuteronomy 8:13,14 And when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied... Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: you are waxen fat, you are grown thick, you are covered with fatness... Esther 3:1,5,6 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him... Esther 5:9-11 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up... Job 21:7-15 Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, are mighty in power... Ecclesiastes 8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Jeremiah 48:11,29 Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel... Ezekiel 28:2-5 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyrus, Thus said the Lord GOD; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God... Daniel 4:30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power... as a chain Judges 8:26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars... Proverbs 1:9 For they shall be an ornament of grace to your head, and chains about your neck. Songs 4:9 You have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck. Isaiah 3:19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, Ezekiel 16:11 I decked you also with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck. violence Proverbs 3:31 Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. Proverbs 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. Micah 2:1,2 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil on their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it... Micah 3:5 Thus said the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace... James 5:4-6 Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, cries... covereth Psalm 109:18,29 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones... 1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, you younger, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility...
Context Surely God is Good to Israel
1Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. 2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well near slipped. 3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. 5They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. 6Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain; violence covers them as a garment. 7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. 8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. 9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth. 10Therefore his people return here: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. 11And they say, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? 12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. 13Truly I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence. 14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. 15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of your children. 16When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; 17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. 18Surely you did set them in slippery places: you cast them down into destruction. 19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 20As a dream when one wakes; so, O Lord, when you wake, you shall despise their image. 21Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. 22So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before you. 23Nevertheless I am continually with you: you have held me by my right hand. 24You shall guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. 25Whom have I in heaven but you? and there is none on earth that I desire beside you. 26My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 27For, see, they that are far from you shall perish: you have destroyed all them that go a whoring from you. 28But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all your works. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.
Darby Bible Translation
Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them as a garment;
King James Bible
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Young's Literal Translation
Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.
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