Jeremiah 9:23

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Thus saith the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the strong man glory in his strength, and let not the rich man glory in his riches:

Cross References

Isaiah 5:21

Woe to you that are wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own conceits.

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.

Romans 1:22

For professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.

Ezekiel 7:19

Their silver shall be cast forth and their gold shall become a dunghill. Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They shall not satisfy their soul and their bellies shall not be filled: because it hath been the stumbling-block of their iniquity.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death.

Psalm 62:10

But they have sought my soul in vain, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth:

Deuteronomy 8:17

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

1 Timothy 6:10

For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith, and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.

Mark 10:24

And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus again answering, saith to them: Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches, to enter into the kingdom of God?

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither shall their silver and their gold be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: all the land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy, for he shall make even a speedy destruction of all them that dwell in the land.

Ezekiel 29:9

And the land of Egypt shall become a desert, and a wilderness: and they shall know that I am the Lord: because thou hast said: The river is mine, and I made

Isaiah 10:8

For he shall say:

Ecclesiastes 2:19

Whom I know not whether he will be a wise man or a fool, and he shall have rule over all my labours with which I have laboured and been solicitous: and is there any thing so vain?

1 Samuel 17:42

And when the Philistine looked, and beheld David, he despised him. For he was a young man, ruddy, and of a comely countenance.

1 Corinthians 1:31

That, as it is written: He that glorieth, may glory in the Lord.

Philippians 3:8

Furthermore I count all things to be but loss for the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord; for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but as dung, that I may gain Christ:

Philippians 3:10

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death,

Job 32:13

Lest you should say: We have found wisdom. God hath cast him down, not man.

Proverbs 3:5

Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.

Proverbs 21:30

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

Isaiah 20:5

And they shall be afraid, and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory.

Isaiah 47:10

And thou best trusted in thy wickedness, and hast said: There is none that seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, this hath deceived thee. And thou hast said in thy heart: I am, and besides me there is no other.

Jeremiah 48:7

For because thou hast trusted in thy bulwarks and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chamos shall go into captivity, his priests, and his princes together.

Jeremiah 49:4

Why gloriest thou in the valleys? Thy valley hath flowed away, O delicate daughter, that hast trusted in thy treasures, and hast said: Who shall come to me?

Job 41:15

His heart shall be as hard as a stone, and as firm as a smith's anvil.

Psalm 33:5

I sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he delivered me from all my troubles.

Psalm 34:3

Bring out the sword, and shut up the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul: I am thy salvation.

Psalm 44:9

Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: out of which

Jeremiah 31:34

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying: Know the Lord. For all shall know me from the least of them even to the greatest, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity and I will remember their sin no more.

Jeremiah 48:14

How do you say: We are valiant, and stout men in battle?

Micah 6:8

I will shew thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: Verily, to do judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk solicitous with thy God.