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Verse 23

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Let not the wise{H2450} man glory{H1984} in his wisdom,{H2451} neither let the mighty{H1368} man glory{H1984} in his might,{H1369} let not the rich{H6223} man glory{H1984} in his riches;{H6239}

Referenced Verses

Eccl 9:11 : 11 I returned,{H7725} and saw{H7200} under the sun,{H8121} that the race{H4793} is not to the swift,{H7031} nor the battle{H4421} to the strong,{H1368} neither yet bread{H3899} to the wise,{H2450} nor yet riches{H6239} to men of understanding,{H995} nor yet favor{H2580} to men of skill;{H3045} but time{H6256} and chance{H6294} happeneth{H7136} to them all.
Job 31:24-25 : 24 If I have made{H7760} gold{H2091} my hope,{H3689} And have said{H559} to the fine gold,{H3800} [Thou art] my confidence;{H4009} 25 If I have rejoiced{H8055} because my wealth{H2428} was great,{H7227} And because my hand{H3027} had gotten{H4672} much;{H3524}
1 Cor 1:27-29 : 27 but{G235} God{G2316} chose{G1586} the foolish things{G3474} of the world,{G2889} that he might put to{G2443} shame{G2617} them that are wise;{G4680} and{G2532} God{G2316} chose{G1586} the weak things{G772} of the world,{G2889} that he might put to{G2443} shame{G2617} the things{G3588} that are strong;{G2478} 28 and{G2532} the base things{G36} of the world,{G2889} and{G2532} the things{G3588} that are despised,{G1848} did{G1586} God{G2316} choose,{G1586} [yea] and{G2532} the things{G3588} that are{G5607} not,{G3361} that he might bring to{G2443} nought{G2673} the things{G3588} that are:{G5607} 29 that{G3704} no{G3361} {G3956} flesh{G4561} should glory{G2744} before{G1799} God.{G846}
1 Cor 3:18-20 : 18 Let{G1818} no man{G3367} deceive{G1818} himself.{G1438} If{G1487} any man{G5100} thinketh{G1380} that he is{G1511} wise{G4680} among{G1722} you{G5213} in{G1722} this{G5129} world,{G165} let him become{G1096} a fool,{G3474} that{G2443} he may become{G1096} wise.{G4680} 19 For{G1063} the wisdom{G4678} of this{G5127} world{G2889} is{G2076} foolishness{G3472} with{G3844} God.{G2316} For{G1063} it is written,{G1125} He that taketh{G1405} the wise{G4680} in{G1722} their craftiness:{G3834} 20 and{G2532} again,{G3825} The Lord{G2962} knoweth{G1097} the reasonings{G3152} of the wise{G4680} that{G3754} they are{G1526} vain.{G3152}
1 Kgs 20:10-11 : 10 And Ben-hadad{H1130} sent{H7971} unto him, and said,{H559} The gods{H430} do so{H6213} unto me, and more also,{H3254} if the dust{H6083} of Samaria{H8111} shall suffice{H5606} for handfuls{H8168} for all the people{H5971} that follow{H7272} me. 11 And the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} Tell{H1696} him, Let not him that girdeth{H2296} on [his armor] boast{H1984} himself as he that putteth it off.{H6605}
Mark 10:24 : 24 And{G1161} the disciples{G3101} were amazed{G2284} at{G1909} his{G846} words.{G3056} But{G1161} Jesus{G2424} answereth{G611} again,{G3825} and saith{G3004} unto them,{G846} Children,{G5043} how{G4459} hard{G1422} is it{G2076} for them that trust{G3982} in{G1909} riches{G5536} to enter{G1525} into{G1519} the kingdom{G932} of God!{G2316}
Rom 1:22 : 22 Professing themselves{G5335} to be{G1511} wise,{G4680} they became fools,{G3471}
Isa 5:21 : 21 Woe{H1945} unto them that are wise{H2450} in their own eyes,{H5869} and prudent{H995} in their own sight!{H6440}
Isa 10:8 : 8 For he saith,{H559} Are not my princes{H8269} all{H3162} of them kings?{H4428}
Isa 10:12-13 : 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord{H136} hath performed{H1214} his whole work{H4639} upon mount{H2022} Zion{H6726} and on Jerusalem,{H3389} I will punish{H6485} the fruit{H6529} of the stout{H1433} heart{H3824} of the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} and the glory{H8597} of his high{H7312} looks.{H5869} 13 For he hath said,{H559} By the strength{H3581} of my hand{H3027} I have done{H6213} it, and by my wisdom;{H2451} for I have understanding:{H2451} and I have removed{H5493} the bounds{H1367} of the peoples,{H5971} and have robbed{H8154} their treasures,{H6259} and like a valiant{H47} man I have brought down{H3381} them{H3427} that sit [on thrones]:
Isa 36:8-9 : 8 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges{H6148} to my master{H113} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} and I will give{H5414} thee two thousand{H505} horses,{H5483} if thou be able{H3201} on thy part to set{H5414} riders{H7392} upon them. 9 How then canst thou turn away{H7725} the face{H6440} of one{H259} captain{H6346} of the least{H6996} of my master's{H113} servants,{H5650} and put thy trust{H982} on Egypt{H4714} for chariots{H7393} and for horsemen?{H6571}
Ezek 7:19 : 19 They shall cast{H7993} their silver{H3701} in the streets,{H2351} and their gold{H2091} shall be as an unclean{H5079} thing; their silver{H3701} and their gold{H2091} shall not be able{H3201} to deliver{H5337} them in the day{H3117} of the wrath{H5678} of Jehovah:{H3068} they shall not satisfy{H7646} their souls,{H5315} neither fill{H4390} their bowels;{H4578} because it hath been the stumblingblock{H4383} of their iniquity.{H5771}
Ezek 28:2-9 : 2 Son{H1121} of man,{H120} say{H559} unto the prince{H5057} of Tyre,{H6865} Thus says{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Because your heart{H3820} is lifted up,{H1361} and you have said,{H559} I am a god,{H410} I sit{H3427} in the seat{H4186} of God,{H430} in the midst{H3820} of the seas;{H3220} yet you are man,{H120} and not God,{H410} though you did set{H5414} your heart{H3820} as the heart{H3820} of God;—{H430} 3 behold, you are wiser{H2450} than Daniel;{H1840} there is no secret{H5640} that is hidden{H5640} from you; 4 by your wisdom{H2451} and by your understanding{H8394} you have gotten{H6213} you riches,{H2428} and have gotten{H6213} gold{H2091} and silver{H3701} into your treasures;{H214} 5 by your great{H7230} wisdom{H2451} [and] by your traffic{H7404} have you increased{H7235} your riches,{H2428} and your heart{H3824} is lifted up{H1361} because of your riches;—{H2428} 6 therefore thus says{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Because you have set{H5414} your heart{H3820} as the heart{H3824} of God,{H430} 7 therefore, behold, I will bring{H935} strangers{H2114} upon you, the terrible{H6184} of the nations;{H1471} and they shall draw{H7324} their swords{H2719} against the beauty{H3308} of your wisdom,{H2451} and they shall defile{H2490} your brightness.{H3314} 8 They shall bring you down{H3381} to the pit;{H7845} and you shall die{H4191} the death{H4463} of them that are slain,{H2491} in the heart{H3820} of the seas.{H3220} 9 Will you yet{H559} say{H559} before{H6440} him that slays{H2026} you, I am God?{H430} but you are man,{H120} and not God,{H410} in the hand{H3027} of him that woundeth{H2490} you.
Ezek 29:9 : 9 And the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} shall be a desolation{H8077} and a waste;{H2723} and they shall know{H3045} that I am Jehovah.{H3068} Because he hath said,{H559} The river{H2975} is mine, and I have made{H6213} it;
Dan 3:15 : 15 Now{H3705} if{H2006} ye be{H383} ready{H6263} that at what time{H5732} ye hear{H8086} the sound{H7032} of the cornet,{H7162} flute,{H4953} harp,{H7030} sackbut,{H5443} psaltery,{H6460} and dulcimer,{H5481} and all{H3606} kinds{H2178} of music,{H2170} ye fall down{H5308} and worship{H5457} the image{H6755} which I have made,{H5648} [well]: but if{H2006} ye worship{H5457} not,{H3809} ye shall be cast{H7412} the same hour{H8160} into the midst{H1459} of a burning{H3345} fiery{H5135} furnace;{H861} and who{H4479} is that god{H426} that shall deliver{H7804} you out of{H4481} my hands?{H3028}
Dan 4:30-31 : 30 The king{H4430} spake{H6032} and said,{H560} Is{H576} not{H3809} this{H1932} great{H7229} Babylon,{H895} which I{H576} have built{H1124} for the royal{H4437} dwelling-place, by the might{H8632} of my power{H2632} and for the glory{H3367} of my majesty?{H1923} 31 While{H5751} the word{H4406} was in the king's{H4430} mouth,{H6433} there fell{H5308} a voice{H7032} from{H4481} heaven,{H8065} [saying], O king{H4430} Nebuchadnezzar,{H5020} to thee it is spoken:{H560} The kingdom{H4437} is departed{H5709} from{H4481} thee:
Dan 4:37 : 37 Now{H3705} I,{H576} Nebuchadnezzar,{H5020} praise{H7624} and extol{H7313} and honor{H1922} the King{H4430} of heaven;{H8065} for all{H3606} his works{H4567} are truth,{H7187} and his ways{H735} justice;{H1780} and those that walk{H1981} in pride{H1467} he is able{H3202} to abase.{H8214}
Dan 5:18-23 : 18 O thou{H607} king,{H4430} the Most High{H5943} God{H426} gave{H3052} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} thy father{H2} the kingdom,{H4437} and greatness,{H7238} and glory,{H3367} and majesty:{H1923} 19 and because{H4481} of the greatness{H7238} that he gave{H3052} him, all{H3606} the peoples,{H5972} nations,{H524} and languages{H3961} trembled{H1934} and feared{H1763} before{H4481} him:{H6925} whom he would{H1934} he slew,{H1934} and whom he would{H1934} he kept alive;{H1934} and whom he would{H1934} he raised up,{H1934} and whom he would{H1934} he put down.{H1934} 20 But when his heart{H3825} was lifted up,{H7313} and his spirit{H7308} was hardened{H8631} so that he dealt proudly,{H2103} he was deposed{H5182} from{H4481} his kingly{H4437} throne,{H3764} and they took{H5709} his glory{H3367} from him:{H4481} 21 and he was driven{H2957} from{H4481} the sons{H1123} of men,{H606} and his heart{H3825} was made{H7739} like{H5974} the beasts',{H2423} and his dwelling{H4070} was with the wild asses;{H6167} he was fed{H2939} with grass{H6211} like oxen,{H8450} and his body{H1655} was wet{H6647} with the dew{H2920} of heaven;{H8065} until{H5705} he knew{H3046} that the Most High{H5943} God{H426} ruleth{H7990} in the kingdom{H4437} of men,{H606} and that he setteth{H6966} up over{H5922} it whomsoever{H4479} he will.{H6634} 22 And thou{H607} his son,{H1247} O Belshazzar,{H1113} hast not{H3809} humbled{H8214} thy heart,{H3825} though{H6903} thou knewest{H3046} all{H3606} this,{H1836} 23 but hast lifted up{H7313} thyself against{H5922} the Lord{H4756} of heaven;{H8065} and they have brought{H858} the vessels{H3984} of his house{H1005} before{H6925} thee, and thou{H607} and thy lords,{H7261} thy wives{H7695} and thy concubines,{H3904} have drunk{H8355} wine{H2562} from them; and thou hast praised{H7624} the gods{H426} of silver{H3702} and gold,{H1722} of brass,{H5174} iron,{H6523} wood,{H636} and stone,{H69} which see{H2370} not,{H3809} nor{H3809} hear,{H8086} nor{H3809} know;{H3046} and the God{H426} in whose hand{H3028} thy breath{H5396} is, and whose are all{H3606} thy ways,{H735} hast thou not{H3809} glorified.{H1922}
Ps 33:16-17 : 16 There is no king{H4428} saved{H3467} by the multitude{H7230} of a host:{H2428} A mighty man{H1368} is not delivered{H5337} by great{H7230} strength.{H3581} 17 A horse{H5483} is a vain thing{H8267} for safety;{H8668} Neither doth he deliver{H4422} any by his great{H7230} power.{H2428}
Ps 49:6-9 : 6 They that trust{H982} in their wealth,{H2428} And boast{H1984} themselves in the multitude{H7230} of their riches;{H6239} 7 None [of them] can{H376} by any means{H6299} redeem{H6299} his brother,{H251} Nor give{H5414} to God{H430} a ransom{H3724} for him; 8 (For the redemption{H6306} of their life{H5315} is costly,{H3365} And it faileth{H2308} for ever;){H5769} 9 That he should still live{H2421} alway,{H5331} That he should not see{H7200} corruption.{H7845} 10 For he shall see{H7200} it. Wise men{H2450} die;{H4191} The fool{H3684} and the brutish{H1198} alike{H3162} perish,{H6} And leave{H5800} their wealth{H2428} to others.{H312} 11 Their inward{H7130} thought is, [that] their houses{H1004} [shall continue] for ever,{H5769} [And] their dwelling-places{H4908} to all{H1755} generations;{H1755} They call{H7121} their lands{H127} after their own names.{H8034} 12 But man{H120} [being] in honor{H3366} abideth{H3885} not: He is like{H4911} the beasts{H929} that perish.{H1820} 13 This their way{H1870} is their folly:{H3689} Yet after them{H310} men approve{H7521} their sayings.{H6310} {H5542}
Ps 49:16-18 : 16 Be not thou afraid{H3372} when one{H376} is made rich,{H6238} When the glory{H3519} of his house{H1004} is increased.{H7235} 17 For when he dieth{H4194} he shall carry nothing away;{H3947} His glory{H3519} shall not descend{H3381} after{H310} him. 18 Though while he lived{H2416} he blessed{H1288} his soul{H5315} (And men praise{H3034} thee, when thou doest well{H3190} to thyself,)
Ps 52:6-7 : 6 The righteous{H6662} also shall see{H7200} [it], and fear,{H3372} And shall laugh{H7832} at him, [saying], 7 Lo, this is the man{H1397} that made{H7760} not God{H430} his strength,{H4581} But trusted{H982} in the abundance{H7230} of his riches,{H6239} And strengthened{H5810} himself in his wickedness.{H1942}
Ps 62:10 : 10 Trust{H982} not in oppression,{H6233} And become not vain{H1891} in robbery:{H1498} If riches{H2428} increase,{H5107} set{H7896} not your heart{H3820} [thereon].
Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches{H1952} profit{H3276} not in the day{H3117} of wrath;{H5678} But righteousness{H6666} delivereth{H5337} from death.{H4194}
Eccl 2:13-16 : 13 Then I saw{H7200} that{H3426} wisdom{H2451} excelleth{H3504} folly,{H5531} as far as light{H216} excelleth{H3504} darkness.{H2822} 14 The wise man's{H2450} eyes{H5869} are in his head,{H7218} and the fool{H3684} walketh{H1980} in darkness:{H2822} and yet I perceived{H3045} that one{H259} event{H4745} happeneth{H7136} to them all. 15 Then{H227} said{H559} I in my heart,{H3820} As it happeneth{H4745} to the fool,{H3684} so will it happen{H7136} even to me;{H1571} and why was I then more{H3148} wise?{H2449} Then said{H1696} I in my heart,{H3820} that this also is vanity.{H1892} 16 For of the wise{H2450} man, even as{H5973} of the fool,{H3684} there is no remembrance{H2146} for ever;{H5769} seeing{H3528} that in the days{H3117} to come{H935} all will have been long forgotten.{H7911} And how doth the wise{H2450} man die{H4191} even as the fool!{H3684}
Eccl 2:19 : 19 And who knoweth{H3045} whether he will be a wise{H2450} man or a fool?{H5530} yet will he have rule{H7980} over all my labor{H5999} wherein I have labored,{H5999} and wherein I have showed myself wise{H2449} under the sun.{H8121} This also is vanity.{H1892}
1 Cor 1:19-21 : 19 For{G1063} it is written,{G1125} I will destroy{G622} the wisdom{G4678} of the wise,{G4680} And{G2532} the discernment{G4907} of the discerning{G4908} will I bring to nought.{G114} 20 Where{G4226} is the wise?{G4680} where{G4226} is the scribe?{G1122} where{G4226} is the disputer{G4804} of this{G5127} world?{G165} hath not{G3780} God{G2316} made foolish{G3471} the wisdom{G4678} of the{G5127} world?{G2889} 21 For{G1063} seeing that{G1894} in{G1722} the wisdom{G4678} of God{G2316} the world{G2889} through{G1223} its wisdom{G4678} knew{G1097} not{G3756} God,{G2316} it was God's{G2316} good pleasure{G2106} through{G1223} the foolishness{G3472} of the preaching{G2782} to save{G4982} them{G3588} that believe.{G4100}
Luke 12:19-20 : 19 And{G2532} I will say{G2046} to{G5590} my{G3450} soul,{G5590} Soul,{G5590} thou hast{G2192} much{G4183} goods{G18} laid up{G2749} for{G1519} many{G4183} years;{G2094} take thine ease,{G373} eat,{G5315} drink,{G4095} be merry.{G2165} 20 But{G1161} God{G2316} said{G2036} unto him,{G846} Thou foolish{G878} one, this{G3778} night{G3571} is thy{G4675} soul{G5590} required{G523} of{G575} thee;{G4675} and{G1161} the things{G3739} which{G3739} thou hast prepared,{G2090} whose{G5101} shall{G2071} they be?{G2071}
Acts 12:22-23 : 22 And{G1161} the people{G1218} shouted,{G2019} [saying], The voice{G5456} of a god,{G2316} and{G2532} not{G3756} of a man.{G444} 23 And{G1161} immediately{G3916} an angel{G32} of the Lord{G2962} smote{G3960} him,{G846} because{G473} {G3739} he gave{G1325} not{G3756} God{G2316} the glory:{G1391} and{G2532} he was{G1096} eaten of worms,{G4662} and gave up the ghost.{G1634}
Job 5:12-14 : 12 He frustrateth{H6565} the devices{H4284} of the crafty,{H6175} So that their hands{H3027} cannot perform{H6213} their enterprise.{H8454} 13 He taketh{H3920} the wise{H2450} in their own craftiness;{H6193} And the counsel{H6098} of the cunning{H6617} is carried headlong.{H4116} 14 They meet{H6298} with darkness{H2822} in the day-time,{H3119} And grope{H4959} at noonday{H6672} as in the night.{H3915}
Deut 8:17 : 17 and [lest] thou say{H559} in thy heart,{H3824} My power{H3581} and the might{H6108} of my hand{H3027} hath gotten{H6213} me this wealth.{H2428}
1 Sam 17:4-9 : 4 And there went out{H3318} a champion{H376} out of the camp{H4264} of the Philistines,{H6430} named{H8034} Goliath,{H1555} of Gath,{H1661} whose height{H1363} was six{H8337} cubits{H520} and a span.{H2239} 5 And he had a helmet{H3553} of brass{H5178} upon his head,{H7218} and he was clad{H3847} with a coat{H8302} of mail;{H7193} and the weight{H4948} of the coat{H8302} was five{H2568} thousand{H505} shekels{H8255} of brass.{H5178} 6 And he had greaves{H4697} of brass{H5178} upon his legs,{H7272} and a javelin{H3591} of brass{H5178} between his shoulders.{H3802} 7 And the staff{H6086} of his spear{H2595} was like a weaver's{H707} beam;{H4500} and his spear's{H2595} head{H3852} [weighed] six{H8337} hundred{H3967} shekels{H8255} of iron:{H1270} and his shield-bearer{H6793} {H5375} went{H1980} before{H6440} him. 8 And he stood{H5975} and cried{H7121} unto the armies{H4634} of Israel,{H3478} and said{H559} unto them, Why are ye come out{H3318} to set your battle{H4421} in array?{H6186} am not I a Philistine,{H6430} and ye servants{H5650} to Saul?{H7586} choose{H1262} you a man{H376} for you, and let him come down{H3381} to me. 9 If he be able{H3201} to fight{H3898} with me, and kill{H5221} me, then will we be your servants;{H5650} but if I prevail{H3201} against him, and kill{H5221} him, then shall ye be our servants,{H5650} and serve{H5647} us. 10 And the Philistine{H6430} said,{H559} I defy{H2778} the armies{H4634} of Israel{H3478} this day;{H3117} give{H5414} me a man,{H376} that we may fight{H3898} together.{H3162}
1 Sam 17:42 : 42 And when the Philistine{H6430} looked about,{H5027} and saw{H7200} David,{H1732} he disdained{H959} him; for he was but a youth,{H5288} and ruddy,{H132} and withal of a fair{H3303} countenance.{H4758}
1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For{G1063} the love of money{G5365} is{G2076} a root{G4491} of all{G3956} kinds of evil:{G2556} which{G3739} {G3713} some{G5100} reaching after{G3713} have been led astray{G635} from{G575} the faith,{G4102} and{G2532} have pierced{G4044} themselves{G1438} through{G4044} with many{G4183} sorrows.{G3601}
Jas 3:14-16 : 14 But{G1161} if{G1487} ye have{G2192} bitter{G4089} jealousy{G2205} and{G2532} faction{G2052} in{G1722} your{G5216} heart,{G2588} glory{G2620} not{G3361} and{G2532} lie{G5574} not against{G2596} the truth.{G225} 15 This{G3778} wisdom{G4678} is{G2076} not{G3756} [a wisdom] that cometh down{G2718} from above,{G509} but{G235} is earthly,{G1919} sensual,{G5591} devilish.{G1141} 16 For{G1063} where{G3699} jealousy{G2205} and{G2532} faction{G2052} are, there{G1563} is confusion{G181} and{G2532} every{G3956} vile{G5337} deed.{G4229}
Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver{H3701} nor their gold{H2091} shall be able{H3201} to deliver{H5337} them in the day{H3117} of Jehovah's{H3068} wrath;{H5678} but the whole land{H776} shall be devoured{H398} by the fire{H784} of his jealousy:{H7068} for he will make{H6213} an end, yea, a terrible{H926} end,{H3617} of all them that dwell{H3427} in the land.{H776}
Amos 2:14-16 : 14 And flight{H4498} shall perish{H6} from the swift;{H7031} and the strong{H2389} shall not strengthen{H553} his force;{H3581} neither shall the mighty{H1368} deliver{H4422} himself;{H5315} 15 neither shall he stand{H5975} that handleth{H8610} the bow;{H7198} and he that is swift{H7031} of foot{H7272} shall not deliver{H4422} [himself]; neither shall he that rideth{H7392} the horse{H5483} deliver{H4422} himself;{H5315} 16 and he that is courageous{H533} among the mighty{H1368} shall flee away{H5127} naked{H6174} in that day,{H3117} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}