Jeremiah 9:23

Catholic Public Domain Version

Thus says the Lord: "The wise man should not glory in his wisdom, and the strong man should not glory in his strength, and the rich man should not glory in his riches.

Cross References

Job 32:13

So that you will not say, "We have found wisdom," God has thrown him down, not man.

Job 41:15

His heart will be as hard as a stone and as dense as a blacksmith's anvil.

Psalm 33:5

I sought the Lord, and he heeded me, and he carried me away from all my tribulations.

Psalm 34:3

Bring forth the spear, and close in on those who persecute me. Say to my soul, "I am your salvation."

Psalm 44:9

Myrrh and balsam and cinnamon perfume your garments, from the houses of ivory. From these, they have delighted you:

Psalm 62:10

Truly, these ones have sought my soul in vain. They will enter into the lower parts of the earth.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth will not profit in the day of vengeance. But justice shall liberate from death.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel, which is against the Lord.

Proverbs 3:5

Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

though I know not whether he will be wise or foolish. And yet he will have power over my labors, in which I have toiled and been anxious. And is there anything else so empty?

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I turned myself toward another thing, and 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 wealth to the learned, nor grace to the skilful: but there is a time and an end for all these things.

Isaiah 10:8

For he will say:

Isaiah 20:5

And they will be afraid and confounded over Ethiopia, their hope, and Egypt, their glory.

Isaiah 47:10

And you have trusted in your malice, and you have said: "There is no one who sees me." Your wisdom and your knowledge, these have deceived you. And you have said in your heart: "I am, and beside me there is no other."

Isaiah 5:21

Woe to you who are wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own sight!

Jeremiah 31:34

And they will no longer teach, a man his neighbor, and a man his brother, saying: 'Know the Lord.' For all will know me, from the littlest of them even to the greatest, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will no longer remember their sin.

Jeremiah 48:14

How can you say: 'We are strong and robust men of battle?'

Jeremiah 48:7

For because you have had faith in your fortifications and in your storehouses, you too will be seized. And Chemosh will go into captivity: his priests and his leaders together.

Jeremiah 49:4

Why have you gloried in the valleys? Your valley has flowed away, O delicate daughter, for you had confidence in your treasures, and you were saying, 'Who can approach me?'

Ezekiel 29:9

And the land of Egypt will be a desert and a wilderness. And they shall know that I am the Lord. For you have said, 'The river is mine, and I have made it.'

Ezekiel 7:19

Their silver will be thrown away, and their gold will be like a dunghill. Their silver and their gold will have no power to free them in the day of the fury of the Lord. They will not satisfy their soul, and their bellies will not be filled, because of the scandal of their iniquity.

Daniel 3:15

Therefore, if you are prepared now, whenever you hear the sound of the trumpet, pipe, lute, harp and psaltery, and of the symphony and every kind of music, prostrate yourselves and adore the statue which I have made. But if you will not adore, in the same hour you will be cast into the furnace of burning fire. And who is the God that will rescue you from my hand?"

Micah 6:8

I will reveal to you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires from you, and how to act with judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk carefully with your God.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver, nor their gold, will be able to free them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. All the land will be devoured in the fire of his zeal, for with all speed, he will bring to consummation every inhabitant of the land.

Mark 10:24

And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus, answering again, said to them: "Little sons, how difficult it is for those who trust in money to enter into the kingdom of God!

Romans 1:22

For, while proclaiming themselves to be wise, they became foolish.

1 Corinthians 1:31

And so, in the same way, it was written: "Whoever glories, should glory in the Lord."

Deuteronomy 8:17

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.'

Philippians 3:10

So shall I know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his Passion, having been fashioned according to his death,

Philippians 3:8

Yet truly, I consider everything to be a loss, because of the preeminent knowledge of Jesus Christ, my Lord, for whose sake I have suffered the loss of everything, considering it all to be like dung, so that I may gain Christ,

1 Timothy 6:10

For desire is the root of all evils. Some persons, hungering in this way, have strayed from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.

1 Samuel 17:42

And when the Philistine had seen and considered David, he despised him. For he was a youth, ruddy and of handsome appearance.