Psalms 49:16 Cross References - LEB

¹⁶ Do not fear when a man becomes rich, when the wealth* of his house increases,

¹ Now he* heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, "Jacob has taken all that our father has," and "From that which was our father's he has gained all this wealth."

¹ After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and he exalted him and set _⌊his position_⌋* above all the officials who were with him. ² And all of the king's servants who were at the gate of the king were kneeling and bowing down to Haman; for so the king had commanded concerning him, but Mordecai did not kneel and bow down. ³ And the king's servants who were at the gate of the king said to Mordecai, "Why are you transgressing the command of the king?" ⁴ They spoke to him day after day, but he did not listen to them, and they informed Haman to see if _⌊Mordecai's resolve would prevail_⌋;* for he had told them that he was a Jew. ⁵ And Haman saw that Mordecai was not kneeling and bowing down to him, and he was filled with anger. ⁶ But _⌊he considered it beneath him_⌋* to lay hands on Mordecai only, for they told him of Mordecai's people, and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were in the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

¹¹ And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his wealth and the number of his sons and all the ways that the king had honored him and promoted him above the officials and king's servants.

¹ Of David.*
Do not fret because of evildoers; do not be envious of doers of wickedness.

⁷ Be quiet before Yahweh and wait for him. Do not fret about one who succeeds in his way, about a man making plots.

⁵ Why should I fear in _⌊times of calamity_⌋,* when iniquity surrounds me at my heels,

¹² When the righteous triumphs, great is the glory, but with the rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.

²⁴ And the nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.

²⁶ and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it.