Psalm 10:4 “In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes ther…”

Psalm 10:4

In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

World English Bible

The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

American Standard Version

The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, saith, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

Geneva Bible 1599

The wicked is so proude that hee seeketh not for God: hee thinketh alwayes, There is no God.

Darby Translation

The wicked [saith], in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God!

Young's Literal Translation

The wicked according to the height of his face, inquireth not. 'God is not!' [are] all his devices.

Bible in Basic English

The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

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Cross references

“the pride”

Psalm 18:27 Psalm 101:5 Proverbs 6:17 Proverbs 21:4 Proverbs 30:13 Isaiah 2:11

Psalm 18:27 · BSB

For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.

Psalm 101:5 · BSB

Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

Proverbs 6:17 · BSB

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 21:4 · BSB

Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.

Proverbs 30:13 · BSB

There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—

Isaiah 2:11 · BSB

The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

“will not”

Deuteronomy 8:14 Exodus 5:2 Job 22:17 Psalm 27:8 Proverbs 30:9 Jeremiah 2:31

Deuteronomy 8:14 · BSB

then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Exodus 5:2 · BSB

But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”

Job 22:17 · BSB

They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’

Psalm 27:8 · BSB

My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.

Proverbs 30:9 · BSB

Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

Jeremiah 2:31 · BSB

You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

“God, etc”

Psalm 53:1 Ephesians 2:12 Psalm 14:1

Psalm 53:1 · BSB

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.

Ephesians 2:12 · BSB

remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

Psalm 14:1 · BSB

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

“thoughts”

Romans 1:28 Acts 8:22 Genesis 6:5 Romans 1:21 Isaiah 65:2 Isaiah 59:7

Romans 1:28 · BSB

Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

Acts 8:22 · BSB

Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.

Genesis 6:5 · BSB

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

Romans 1:21 · BSB

For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

Isaiah 65:2 · BSB

All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,

Isaiah 59:7 · BSB

Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

Also

Psalm 36:1

Psalm 36:1 · BSB

An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

5He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.

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