Deuteronomy 8:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.

Cross References

Job 31:25

If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;

Psalm 44:3

For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;

Ecclesiastes 9:11

And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.

Jeremiah 9:22

The bodies of men will be falling like waste on the open fields, and like grain dropped by the grain-cutter, and no one will take them up.

Ezekiel 28:5

By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power:

Daniel 4:27

For this cause, O King, let my suggestion be pleasing to you, and let your sins be covered by righteousness and your evil-doing by mercy to the poor, so that the time of your well-being may be longer.

Daniel 4:30

The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?

Hosea 12:8

And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.

Habakkuk 1:16

For this reason he makes an offering to his net, burning perfume to his fishing-net; because by them he gets much food and his meat is fat.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?

Deuteronomy 7:17

If you say in your hearts, These nations are greater in number than we are: how are we to take their land from them?

Deuteronomy 9:4

And after the Lord has sent them in flight from before you, say not in your heart, Because of my righteousness the Lord has given me this land; when it is because of their evil-doing that the Lord is driving these nations out before you.

Judges 7:2

And the Lord said to Gideon, So great is the number of your people, that if I give the Midianites into their hands they will be uplifted in pride over me and will say, I myself have been my saviour.

1 Samuel 2:7

The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;

1 Samuel 30:23

Then David said, You are not to do this, my brothers, after what the Lord has given us, who has kept us safe and given up the band which came against us into our hands.