Jeremiah 49:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You rebellious Ammonites trust your wealth and ask, “Who could attack us?” But I warn you not to boast when your strength is fading.

Cross References

Psalm 49:6

They trust in their riches and boast about all their wealth.

Psalm 52:7

“Just look at them now! Instead of trusting God, they trusted their wealth and their cruelty.”

Psalm 62:10

Don't trust in violence or depend on dishonesty or rely on great wealth.

Proverbs 10:15

Great wealth can be a fortress, but poverty is no protection at all.

Jeremiah 21:13

Jerusalem, from your mountaintop you look out over the valleys and think you are safe. But I, the LORD, am angry,

Jeremiah 3:14

You are unfaithful children, but you belong to me. Come home! I'll take one or two of you from each town and clan and bring you to Zion.

Jeremiah 31:22

Will you ever decide to be faithful? I will make sure that some day things will be different, as different as a woman protecting a man.

Jeremiah 48:7

You thought you could be saved by your power and wealth, but you will be captured along with your god Chemosh, his priests, and officials.

Jeremiah 49:16

Pride tricks you into thinking that other nations look at you with fear. You live along the cliffs and high in the mountains like the eagles, but I am the LORD, and I will bring you down.

Jeremiah 7:24

But your ancestors refused to listen. They were stubborn, and whenever I wanted them to go one-way, they always went the other.

Jeremiah 9:23

The LORD says: Don't boast about your wisdom or strength or wealth.

Hosea 4:16

You are nothing more than a stubborn cow— so stubborn that I, the LORD, cannot feed you like lambs in an open pasture.

1 Timothy 6:17

Warn the rich people of this world not to be proud or to trust in wealth that is easily lost. Tell them to have faith in God, who is rich and blesses us with everything we need to enjoy life.

Revelation 18:7

That woman honoured herself with a life of luxury. Reward her now with suffering and pain. “Deep in her heart Babylon said, ‘I am the queen! Never will I be a widow or know what it means to be sad.’