Psalm 73:6 “Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.”

Psalm 73:6

Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

World English Bible

Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

American Standard Version

Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment.

Darby Translation

Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.

Bible in Basic English

For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe.

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Cross references

“Therefore”

Daniel 4:30 Deuteronomy 32:15 Esther 3:1 Esther 5:9–11 Job 21:7–15 Ecclesiastes 8:11

Daniel 4:30 · BSB

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

Deuteronomy 32:15 · BSB

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Esther 3:1 · BSB

After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.

Esther 5:9–11 · BSB

That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.

Job 21:7–15 · BSB

Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

Ecclesiastes 8:11 · BSB

When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

“as a chain”

Judges 8:26 Proverbs 1:9 Song of Solomon 4:9 Isaiah 3:19 Ezekiel 16:11

Judges 8:26 · BSB

The weight of the gold earrings he had requested was 1,700 shekels, in addition to the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple garments of the kings of Midian, and the chains from the necks of their camels.

Proverbs 1:9 · BSB

For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

Song of Solomon 4:9 · BSB

You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.

Isaiah 3:19 · BSB

their pendants, bracelets, and veils;

Ezekiel 16:11 · BSB

I adorned you with jewelry, and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.

“violence”

Proverbs 3:31 Proverbs 4:17 Micah 3:5 James 5:4–6 Micah 2:1 Micah 2:2

Proverbs 3:31 · BSB

Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;

Proverbs 4:17 · BSB

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Micah 3:5 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:

James 5:4–6 · BSB

Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Micah 2:1 · BSB

Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Micah 2:2 · BSB

They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.

“covereth”

Psalm 109:18 1 Peter 5:5 Psalm 109:29

Psalm 109:18 · BSB

The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

1 Peter 5:5 · BSB

Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Psalm 109:29 · BSB

May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

Also

Genesis 41:42

Genesis 41:42 · BSB

Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.

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

In context

5They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.

7From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

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