Deuteronomy 8:17 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁷ Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ and thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And beware lest you say in your [mind and] heart, My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ and lest thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Don’t think to yourself, My own strength and abilities have produced all this prosperity for me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Otherwise, you might say in your heart: 'My own strength, and the power of my own hand, have brought forth all these things for me.'

Deuteronomy 8:17 Cross References

Job 31:25

if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or because my hand had gotten much;

Psalm 44:3

for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance; for thou didst delight in them.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

Jeremiah 9:22

Speak, “Thus says the Lord: ‘The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung upon the open field, like sheaves after the reaper, and none shall gather them.’ ”

Ezekiel 28:5

by your great wisdom in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth—

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you; break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your tranquillity.”

Daniel 4:30

and the king said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”

Hosea 12:8

Ephraim has said, “Ah, but I am rich, I have gained wealth for myself”; but all his riches can never offset the guilt he has incurred.

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his seine; for by them he lives in luxury, and his food is rich.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who sees anything different in you? What have you that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift?

Deuteronomy 7:17

“If you say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?’

Deuteronomy 9:4

“Do not say in your heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out before you, ‘It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land’; whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out before you.

Judges 7:2

The Lord said to Gideon, “The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, ‘My own hand has delivered me.’

1 Samuel 2:7

The Lord makes poor and makes rich; he brings low, he also exalts.

1 Samuel 30:23

But David said, “You shall not do so, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us; he has preserved us and given into our hand the band that came against us.