Deuteronomy 8:17

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:4

Say not in thy heart, when the Lord thy God shall have destroyed them in thy sight: For my justice hath the Lord brought me in to possess this land, whereas these nations are destroyed for their wickedness.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who distinguisheth thee? Or what hast thou that thou hast not received? And if thou hast received, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

Hosea 12:8

And Ephraim said: But yet I am become rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed.

Deuteronomy 7:17

If thou say in thy heart: These nations are more than I, how shall I be able to destroy them?

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore will he offer victims to his drag, and he will sacrifice to his net: because through them his portion is made fat, and his meat dainty.

Judges 7:2

And the Lord said to Gedeon: The people that are with thee are many, and Madian shall not be delivered into their hands. Lest Israel should glory against me, and say: I was delivered by my own strength.

1 Samuel 2:7

The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich: he humbleth and he exalteth.

Psalm 44:3

Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips; therefore hath God blessed thee for ever

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I turned me to 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 riches to the learned, nor favour to the skilful: but time and chance in all.

1 Samuel 30:23

But David said: You shall not do so, my brethren, with these things, which the Lord hath given us, who hath kept us, and hath delivered the robbers that invaded us into our hands.

Job 31:25

If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much:

Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.

Jeremiah 9:22

Speak: Thus saith the Lord: Even the carcass of man shall fall as dung upon the face of the country, and as grass behind the back of the mower, and there is none to gather it.

Ezekiel 28:5

By the greatness of thy wisdom, and by thy traffic thou hast increased thy strength: and thy heart is lifted up with thy strength.