Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
Cross References
Genesis 41:42Then 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.
Psalm 10:2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
Psalm 109:18The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
Psalm 109:19May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
Proverbs 1:9For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
Malachi 2:16"For I hate divorce," says the LORD, the God of Israel. "He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence," says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.
Treasury of Scripture
Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain; violence covers them as a garment.
therefore
Deuteronomy 8:13,14
And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; …
Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Esther 3:1,5,6
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him…
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, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
Proverbs 1:9
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Song of Solomon 4:9
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
violence
Proverbs 3:31
Envy thou 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 upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand…
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, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
