Jeremiah 17:11

Conservative English Version

You cheated others, but everything you gained will fly away, like birds hatched from stolen eggs. Then you will discover what fools you are.

Cross References

Job 20:21

But when nothing remains for them to grab, they will be nothing.

Psalm 49:13

Here is what happens to fools and to those who trust the words of fools:

Psalm 55:23

But what about those people who are cruel and brutal? You will throw them down into the deepest pit long before their time. I trust you, LORD!

Proverbs 13:11

Money wrongly gotten will disappear bit by bit; money earned little by little will grow and grow.

Proverbs 15:27

Being greedy causes trouble for your family, but you protect yourself by refusing bribes.

Proverbs 21:6

Cheating to get rich is a foolish dream and no less than suicide.

Proverbs 23:5

Your money flies away before you know it, just like an eagle suddenly taking off.

Proverbs 28:16

A heartless leader is a fool, but anyone who refuses to get rich by cheating others will live a long time.

Proverbs 28:20

God blesses his loyal people, but punishes all who want to get rich quick.

Proverbs 28:22

Don't be selfish and eager to get rich-- you will end up worse off than you can imagine.

Proverbs 28:8

If you make money by charging high interest rates, you will lose it all to someone who cares for the poor.

Jeremiah 22:13

King Jehoiakim, you are doomed! You built a palace with large rooms upstairs.

Jeremiah 22:17

But all you think about is how to cheat or abuse or murder some innocent victim.

Jeremiah 6:13

Everyone is greedy and dishonest, whether poor or rich. Even the prophets and priests cannot be trusted.

Jeremiah 8:10

I'll give their wives and fields to strangers. Everyone is greedy and dishonest, whether poor or rich. Even the prophets and priests cannot be trusted.

Amos 3:10

The LORD has said that they don't even know how to do right. They have become rich from violence and robbery.

Micah 2:9

You take over lovely homes that belong to the women of my nation. Then you cheat their children out of the inheritance that comes from the LORD.

Micah 7:3

People cooperate to commit crime. Judges and leaders demand bribes, and rulers cheat in court.

Zephaniah 1:9

I will punish worshipers of pagan gods and cruel palace officials who abuse their power.

Zechariah 5:4

The LORD All-Powerful has said, "I am sending this scroll into the house of everyone who is a robber or tells lies in my name, and it will remain there until every piece of wood and stone in that house crumbles."

Malachi 3:5

The LORD All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practice witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or mistreat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

Matthew 23:13

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won't go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, "You fool! Tonight you will die. Then who will get what you have stored up?"

1 Timothy 6:9

People who want to be rich fall into all sorts of temptations and traps. They are caught by foolish and harmful desires that drag them down and destroy them.

Titus 1:11

But you must make them be quiet. They are after money, and they upset whole families by teaching what they should not.

2 Peter 2:14

All they think about is having sex with someone else's husband or wife. There is no end to their wicked deeds. They trick people who are easily fooled, and their minds are filled with greedy thoughts. But they are headed for trouble!

2 Peter 2:3

They will be greedy and cheat you with smooth talk. But long ago God decided to punish them, and God doesn't sleep.